Isn't there a tension between what you don't need to hide vs. the reveal at the end? Meaning hiding facts just to be coy or clever works against your story; when I come across that, it takes me out of the story, makes me aware of the artifice instead of lost in the art. But, particularly in writing crime and suspense, you're not exactly hiding shit but you're trying to find an ending that's both surprising and, once the reader gets there, inevitable.
Isn't there a tension between what you don't need to hide vs. the reveal at the end? Meaning hiding facts just to be coy or clever works against your story; when I come across that, it takes me out of the story, makes me aware of the artifice instead of lost in the art. But, particularly in writing crime and suspense, you're not exactly hiding shit but you're trying to find an ending that's both surprising and, once the reader gets there, inevitable.