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The Joys and Travails of Writing with a Canine Companion

The Joys and Travails of Writing with a Canine Companion

"[F]ew things help you shift your point of view like looking after a dog."

By Leonie Swann | May 9, 2025

Murder, Mystery, and the Movement: 5 Reasons Why YA Thrillers Are Leading the Revolution

Murder, Mystery, and the Movement: 5 Reasons Why YA Thrillers Are Leading the Revolution

"[P]lot is the delivery system. The message? That’s what you sneak in once they’re already invested."

By Nick Brooks | May 8, 2025

Mattea Kramer on Crafting Nested Tales and Capturing the Nature of Ordinary Evil

Mattea Kramer on Crafting Nested Tales and Capturing the Nature of Ordinary Evil

No one commits terrible acts alone. And the map of the hurt around them deserves as much space on the page.

By Mattea Kramer | May 8, 2025

Liann Zhang Talks Class Warfare, Toxic Influencers, and the Nature of Villainy

Liann Zhang Talks Class Warfare, Toxic Influencers, and the Nature of Villainy

Jenny Bartoy interviews the debut novelist about her genre-bending take on the social media era

By Jenny Bartoy | May 7, 2025

Can’t Solve the Case Without the Right Set of Wheels

Can’t Solve the Case Without the Right Set of Wheels

The art of getting your sleuth into the perfect mystery machine

By Sam Lumley | May 2, 2025

Margot Douaihy Talks Hardboiled Fiction, Queer Themes, and her Iconic Sleuthing Nun

Margot Douaihy Talks Hardboiled Fiction, Queer Themes, and her Iconic Sleuthing Nun

Read an interview with Douaihy and see the cover reveal for the next Sister Holiday

By Molly Odintz | May 1, 2025

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Art Trafficking in the 21st Century and the Fight Against Cultural Plunder

By C. L. Miller | April 24, 2025

Why We Turn to Detective Fiction in Times of Upheaval

Why We Turn to Detective Fiction in Times of Upheaval

Louise Hegarty on the comforts of 'fair play'.

By Louise Hegarty | April 22, 2025

Structuring Truth Like Fiction: Building Suspense in Nonfiction Narratives

Structuring Truth Like Fiction: Building Suspense in Nonfiction Narratives

'Writing creative non-fiction requires skilled storytelling techniques as well. It’s not enough to give "just the facts, ma’am."'

By Art Bell | April 18, 2025

Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby Turns 100. Time To Admit It’s Crime Fiction.

Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby Turns 100. Time To Admit It’s Crime Fiction.

Chistopher Chambers makes the case for reading Gatsby as noir

By Christopher Chambers | April 18, 2025

Why Being the Child of a Crime Writer Made It Inevitable I Would Become One

Why Being the Child of a Crime Writer Made It Inevitable I Would Become One

Abbi Waxman on a childhood of library visits and watching her mother at work.

By Abbi Waxman | April 17, 2025

Why Are All the Fictional Kids Doing Crimes?

Why Are All the Fictional Kids Doing Crimes?

"It’s not often talked about, but criminal activity is kind of a hallmark of YA as a whole"

By C. L. Montblanc | April 16, 2025

Max Allan Collins on Continuing the Work of Dashiell Hammett

Max Allan Collins on Continuing the Work of Dashiell Hammett

See a cover reveal and read the afterword for the upcoming "Return of the Maltese Falcon"

By Max Allan Collins | April 15, 2025

Robert Jackson Bennett On Crafting a Fantasy Murder Mystery

Robert Jackson Bennett On Crafting a Fantasy Murder Mystery

"It seems a curious choice, I suppose, to take a world of such huge stakes and instead focus on the small things"

By Robert Jackson Bennett | April 14, 2025

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