• Craft

    Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

    Northern Irish writers are often instructed to tamp down their regionalism by London publishers. It's time to set aside safe bets and embrace unique voices.

    September 9, 2021  By Stuart Neville
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    My First Thriller: James Grady

    In 1971, a young Capitol Hill staffer walked by an old townhouse and wondered if it could be a CIA front. The idea would become Six Days of the Condor.

    September 9, 2021  By Rick Pullen
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    No One Has Ever Lived In The Past. So How Can Writers Accurately Represent History?

    On The Challenges of Writing Historical Crime Fiction

    September 9, 2021  By James R. Benn
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    McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir

    William McIlvanney's pitch black noirs, featuring Inspector Laidlaw's disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of crime fiction.

    September 7, 2021  By Ian Rankin
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    Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

    More than twenty years later, Jewell still resists making any firm plans for her novels.

    September 7, 2021  By Daneet Steffens
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    The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War

    The Neutral Netherlands spent WWI riddled with spies, secret agents, and deserters. Their stories are incomplete, and all the more fascinating for it.

    September 3, 2021  By Anna Lee Huber
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    How The French Connection Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

    William Friedkin's 1971 masterpiece is all about the chase. That's what distinguishes it from everything that came before and after.

    September 2, 2021  By Chris McGinley
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    The Luxury Hotels That Gave Succor to the Queens of Golden Age Crime Fiction

    A look at the most inspiring and atmospheric writerly accommodations of the 1920s and 30s.

    September 1, 2021  By Hannah Dennison
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    Manhunter Takes Down Thief: How Michael Mann’s Early Career Led to ‘Heat’

    'Heat' is the director's masterpiece. It was also the culmination of decades of experimenting with the archetypal cops and thieves.

    August 31, 2021  By Nick Kolakowski
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    8 Thrillers about Women Breaking Free, Losing Control, and Taking Charge

    In an age of strong female characters, these novels track their protagonists' journeys towards empowerment.

    August 31, 2021  By Jaye Viner
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