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    What I Learned from Book Clubs Reading My Novels

    What I Learned from Book Clubs Reading My Novels

    "For an invited author, book clubs are not salons."

    By Frederick Weisel | March 13, 2023

    Susie Steiner: An Appreciation

    Susie Steiner: An Appreciation

    On the author of the Manon Bradshaw novels who passed away earlier this month.

    By Frederick Weisel | July 14, 2022

    An Interview With Tim Maskell, Location Manager for <em>Shetland</em>

    An Interview With Tim Maskell, Location Manager for Shetland

    “The stories of Shetland are impossible to imagine apart from their setting, steeped as they are in the islands’ brooding skies, barren landscape, and ever-present sea.”

    By Frederick Weisel | May 23, 2022

    Six Crime Novels Set in Public School Classrooms

    Six Crime Novels Set in Public School Classrooms

    Frederick Weisel updates the "dark academy" subgenre with stories about the public school system

    By Frederick Weisel | March 3, 2022

    Ian Pearce, Location Manager for <em>Lewis</em>, Talks Filming in Oxford with Frederick Weisel

    Ian Pearce, Location Manager for Lewis, Talks Filming in Oxford with Frederick Weisel

    "Few mystery series owed as much as Lewis did to its locations, where crimes were committed and investigated among the staid, historic Oxford colleges"

    By Frederick Weisel | April 5, 2021

    Detective Fiction and Dementia: A Biopsy

    Detective Fiction and Dementia: A Biopsy

    What does the intersection of detective fiction and Alzheimer’s disease tell us about the paths of mysteries and the course of this tragic disease?

    By Frederick Weisel | January 15, 2021

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