Planning a Mystery Story

The setting
Where is your story village concert
house
located? Choose a school train
building or closed space
where there are only a hotel hospital
few suspects.

The victim
Who has called the
detective? What is their
reason for being
at the scene?

The stolen object

What is missing? Why is it
important to the victim?

Suspect 1:

The three suspects

Who was there when the Suspect 2:
object was stolen?
Why might they
have stolen it?
Suspect 3:

The detective
Who is going to
solve the case?

The clues a broken window crumbs a smell

How did the thief steal the
footprints a hair fingerprints
object and what evidence
was left at the scene?

The thief
Who did it?

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 Planning a Mystery Story
The setting village concert
Where is your story located? house
Choose a building or closed school train
space where there are only a
hotel hospital
few suspects.

The victim
Who has called the detective?
What is their reason for being
at the scene?

The stolen object

What is missing? Why is it
important to the victim?

Suspect 1:
The three suspects
Who was there when the
Suspect 2:
object was stolen? What could
their reasons for stealing the
object be? Suspect 3:

The detective
Who is going to solve
the case? Do they have
a sidekick?
Three clues
How did the thief steal the a broken window crumbs a smell
object and what evidence was footprints a hair fingerprints
left at the scene?
You will need three clues.

The red herring

Choose one of your clues that
turns out to be not important
or not related to the theft.
What is the real explanation
for this clue?

The thief
Who did it? Think about
how your detective will
know for sure.

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 Planning a Mystery Story
The setting
Where is your story located? Choose
a building or closed space where
there are only a few suspects.
The victim
Who has called the detective?
What is their reason for being at
the scene?

The stolen object

What is missing? Why is it
important to the victim?

Suspect 1:
Motive:
The three suspects
Who was there when the object was Suspect 2:
stolen? What could their motives Motive:
(reasons) for stealing the object be?
Suspect 3:
Motive:

The detective
Who is going to solve the case?
What skills do they have?

The sidekick
What skills does the sidekick have?
Why does the detective need them?

Clue 1:
Three clues
How did the thief steal the object Clue 2:
and what evidence was left at the
scene? You will need three clues. Clue 3:

The red herring

Choose one of your clues that turns
out to be not important or not
related to the theft. What is the real
explanation for this clue?

The thief
Who did it? How will your detective
know for sure?

Join Book Club to receive printed copies

of Originals stories each half-term.
Visit twinkl.co.uk/book-club