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New writers tend to assume that a chapter must be a certain set length in order to maintain the average novel length of around 80,000 â 95,000 words, but in truth, chapters can be as long or as short as you need them to be. There is no formula.
However, most agents and writers say your mystery novel should be the same word count as general fiction, 80,000 to 90,000 words. Weâll do more research on this, but if in doubt, shoot for 80,000 words.