We’ve discussed this to death. You know the rules – take off on a song title, tweaked into a book title. Should include location, but truthfully, I’m kind of giving up on that. It’s not making for a great title.
There are a ton of these, and many of them are really, really bad, but I’m so blinking brain dead I can’t even cull them down. It’s up to you, so if one or two pop out at you as being okay – Please say so.
Moonlight Murder
Moonlit Murder
Murder by Moonlight
Curl Up & Die
Walkin’ in Murder
Death In The Land of Maple Syrup
Hot Death In The Country
A Whiter Shade of Dead
The Night The Bulgarian Died
Murder on My Mind
Dead Body Blues
Upper Valley State of Dead
Little Murder of Mine
Murders are Made of This
In the Kill of Vermont
Darling, You Slay Me
The Dead of the Night
Ain’t too Proud to Kill
In the Murder Hour
Ain’t No Murder Dead Enough
A Death in the Life
Last Train to Snarksville
Dead in the boondocks
Murder on my Mind
Getting Deader
Dead the night before
The streets of South Royalton
Ticket to Die
I am the Dead Man
Murder Murder Bang Bang
Murder a So Ro
Last Night in So Ro
Heard it from the dead guy
Baby I want you dead
Kind of a Drag when you’re found dead on the floor
South Royalton Dead
Last Dead in So Ro
Last Train to deadsville
Man of Murder
My Home town Murder
Not one murder more
Poetry in Murder
save the last death for me
death’s the name
dead river valley
Pocket full of murder
Will you kill me tomorrow
dying in the rain
last night was made for murder
If you don’t kill me right now
Murder over the mountain
Build me up buttercup
Dead on the corner
Bulgarian Assassin in Vermont
Hot Death in the Sumertime
To know you is to kill you
Hazy Shade of Dead
Baby You’re a Dead Man
South Royalton kind of Dead
At this point I’m ready to shoot myself. There ARE a couple I like. But I’m not telling you until later. Where are Marly and R when you need them?
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How about New England Death Wish Blues, or Do You Know The Way To Vermont’s Mortuary
Murder (rather than Death) in the Land of Maple Syrup
Wow, these are some excellent titles. I would absolutely buy “Heard It From the Dead Guy”. I’d be sure it would involve a mystery and humor. I’m late and you probably don’t want any more suggestions, but you did say a play on a song, so…..”Walkin’ After Dead Night”? I love me some Patsy Cline.
I like Dead in the Boondocks.
I like Darling, You Slay Me. It’s quip for your inherent humor. You might be leaning towards Murder on My Mind because you listed it twice. I also like Moonlit Murder.
To know you is to Kill You. You kill me girl. You. Are. Funny!
How bout -
Murder Poetic
or
Moon Witness
Yes, Sigh. There will be a next time. More Bree – she just wouldn’t be finished. Got more to say, I guess…
Trials of mobile on a train- sorry bad post.
Title should Refer to plot or other key feature in text which is unknown to us.
My fav is “heard it through”
Final word is key – need to think about this
Also previous two did not refer to murder or death, so all these se off base
Aparently I write in a genre that requires the words death, murder or kill in the title. In that light, the other two are off base!
Silly me – I hope title refers someh
I like Hazy Shade of Dead and White Shade of Dead. If there’s a real Bulgarian, then yes, I like The Night the Bulgarian Died.
There are quite a few keepers in there for future books.
If I saw “The Night the Bulgarian Died”, I’d get it.
It’s an intriguing title.
Susanne
I’m with Barb, love Heard It From The Dead Guy, also I’m overly fond of Walkin’ In Murder (but that might be due to the Cher cover version I’m in love with).
A close tie would involve The Night The Bulgarian Died.
I like Darling, You Slay Me. Depending on the plot, Whiter Shade of Dead and Heard it from the Dead Guy are also good. There’s several clever ones in there, so save these up for next time. because there’s going to be a next time, right?