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Plot! Characters, setting, and research! Look back to our old favorite detective books for ideas and examples, such as Nancy Drew (for girls) and the classic old Hardy Boys (for boys). Look at their plots and endings. Also look at the beginnings. Encyclopedia Brown might help you too!
Start the book with a mysterious and scary beginning. Not a boring one. Also, if you already know what the crime and crime starter is then make some puzzles that will lead the main character to the crime starter. It helps for the reader to know what the crime is so they know what characters in your book might have done the crime. Have fun writing!
Joyce Carol Oates said it best: "The first sentence can't be written until the final sentence is written."
Worry about finishing your story, not about writing the perfect opening sentence! You can change anything you like once you've finished -- go back and think of a great first sentence then, instead of waiting for some magical "first sentence" to fall out of the sky and hit you in the head.
Now get off the internet and get back to writing that story!
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