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Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.

Source: In W.O.W. - Writers on Writing, by Jon Winokur, 1990.
-- Mickey Spillane, (Mar 9 1918-2006), US author; He was one of the originators of Captain Marvel and created detective Mike Hammer, e.g., The Girl Hunters, 1962.

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