Novel outline: The Lighthouse Archive

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A complete outline of an original island mystery: cast with wants and secrets, three acts in 19 chapters, fair-play clues, red herrings, and themes. A worked example for aspiring novelists plotting a mystery.

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The Lighthouse ArchivePremise and stakesCast of charactersSetting and atmospherePlot in three actsClues and red herringsThemes beneath the mysteryOne-sentence loglineCentral mysteryThe buried 1962 secretTicking clockIris CallowayMartin HaleTobias WrenSupporting castSkerrow IslandCappel Point LighthouseThe archive roomsKettle ReefNovember galesSetup: the archive and the fallInvestigation: the forged logbookClimax: the storm nightClues to the 1962 cover-upClues to Tobias's killerRed herrings and payoffsRecords versus memoryInherited loyaltyWho gets rememberedLight as warning and exposure