• Craft

    Sweden's Crime Writers and the Case of The Unregistered, Prepaid Cell Phone

    New legislation brings an uncertain future for Scandinavian detective fiction's favorite plotting device.

    July 13, 2021  By Peter Mohlin and Peter Nystrom
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    Why Dolores Hitchens' Less-Than-Glamorous Detective Is the Quiet Hero We Need

    "[James Sader] fumbles through both novels without the benefit of any special charisma or genius. What he does have are the plain, well-worn tools of integrity and tenacity..."

    July 12, 2021  By Steph Cha
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    The Strange Story of Orson Welles' Lost Film, Mr. Arkadin

    The 1955 film was supposed to be Welles' masterpiece. Or maybe it was just a lark. Or a KGB-funded money laundering enterprise.

    July 9, 2021  By Craig Pittman
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    The Most Murdered Woman in the World

    How an early form of true crime set the stage for Paula Maxa, the original scream queen.

    July 7, 2021  By April Snellings
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    A List of Thrillers About Thrillers (and the People Who Write Them)

    Can a book about writing a book really be that exciting? The short answer is: yes!

    July 7, 2021  By David Bell
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    On Loving, and Leaving, Barcelona

    "If I saw the beauty in Barcelona, I also saw the shadows."

    July 7, 2021  By Rupert Thomson
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    The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

    To achieve her dream, T.J. Newman first had to cope with the bad news, again and again.

    July 6, 2021  By T.J. Newman
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    7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture "The Oddness of the Moment in Question"

    Will these protagonists succumb to the rigid spaces of adulthood, or rebel and find a path all their own?

    July 6, 2021  By Rachel Donohue
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    7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

    These books center the experiences of murder victims by allowing them to tell their own stories.

    July 2, 2021  By Hilary Davidson
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    A Quiet Hero: Why George Smiley Is and Always Has Been the Protagonist We Need

    "...a play in which the hero kept silent and everyone round him spoke incessantly"

    July 1, 2021  By Neil Sharpson
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