Do You Like to Read Mystery Stories?

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As a published novelist, I have wondered if I could come up with a “mystery” story. Could there possibly be a “NEW” plot that someone hasn’t already used? I have noticed in my reading and in watching TV shows that the perpetrator of the crime is usually the least likely to be suspected and the person who solves the crime, usually finds some very obscure clue that helps to clear up the mystery. Whether it’s a “Murder She Wrote” episode or another mystery show (and there are plenty of them) the idea is to try to figure out how to solve the mystery. Or figure out “Who Done it?” A lot of the time, it’s a slip of the tongue. The guilty person SAYS something that tips off the investigator somehow. What do you think? Could there possibly be a plot that someone hasn’t already used? I’ve thought of a few things but I’m not sure if I could manage to write something that someone else hasn’t already done.