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Some people think that mysteries are all the same and there are no differences, well there actually is a difference in every mystery. This page gives some similarities and differences used in the books __The Wesing Game__ and __Tough Cookie__ which are two perfect examples of the similarities and differences in mysteries.

One of the story elements used in both books is detectives. In __Tough Cookie__ the detective is serious about solving the case and is earning nothing from it except respect. He also uses just his resources to solve his case and has to start from scratch all he knows is that fingers is the culprit and he has to stop it. In __The Westing__ __Game__ everyone a detective and they are solving the case out of greed. The detectives also have a choice of solving it and if they quit it's no big deal but if they solve it they get $200 million dollars.

The second element used in both books is suspects. In __Tough Cookie__ there is one suspect and everyone knows who it is. The suspect in Tough Cookie also doesn't care if people know he's the culprit and doesn't care if he gets caught. In __The Westing Game__ everyone is a suspect and nobody knows who it is. There is also more people to be accused wrongly so every suspect has to use skill and evidence to show that they are not guilty.

The final element used in both books is a crime. In __Tough Cookie__ there is many crimes and there not very organized or well done even just messy. The crimes are also commited in the open not done in secret. In __The Westing Game__ there was one crime committed and it was done very neatly so there was no evidence left behind to be used. It was also committed in secret where nobody could catch them. There are also a few trick crimes that aren't as bad as the main crime.

Even though both books have similarities and differences, I thought __The Westing Game__ was better because the mystery was hard to find out and it was more puzzling. There was also more excitement in it unlike __Tough Cookie__ where there was only excitement a couple times in it and the rest was mostly sitting around and thinking. In __The Westing Game__ you have to do alot of thinking yourself in order to solve the mystery and get your questions answered, but in __Tough Cookie__ the detective solves the whole thing and you don't have to do anything except read the story. So if you want to read one of these mysteries I would suggest __The Westing Game.__ Now since you read this page I hope you now know that there are many similarities and differences in mysteries. Now you can correct those people who think that all mysteries are the same!