The Week contest: Non-Mystery - September 9, 2011

Readers like mystery stories more if they know the end in advance, a new study finds. So kindly come up with the title of a mystery that lets readers know exactly what to expect at the end

After all that worrying, it turns out that spoilers don't spoil anything but actual increase readers enjoyment of literature, according to a new study.
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