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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

Jonathan Ames on Macdonald, Westlake, and Bringing a Touch of Buddhism to the Private Eye Novel

Jonathan Ames on Macdonald, Westlake, and Bringing a Touch of Buddhism to the Private Eye Novel

Tom Nolan and Jonathan Ames in a wide-ranging discussion of crime fiction past and present.

By Tom Nolan | April 14, 2025

The Mystery of the African Gothic Novel

The Mystery of the African Gothic Novel

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu on the long and satisfying process of decoupling horror fiction from colonialist fears

By Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu | April 11, 2025

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A Duty of Care: Barbara Early on Doing Justice to Jessica Fletcher

By John B. Valeri | April 11, 2025

Eric Rickstad and Don Winslow on Suspense, Serial Killers, and Dismantling Pop Culture Myths

By Don Winslow | April 10, 2025

Lost Grandeur: Decaying Settings in Fiction

By C.J. Dotson | April 9, 2025

Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

Zee Carlstrom on writing more interesting characters.

By Zee Carlstrom | April 9, 2025

Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

"[E]very word is fighting for space on the page and on the screen...I get in, I say what I need to, and I get out."

By Jenny Bartoy | April 9, 2025

Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

"I can’t fathom writing a story that doesn’t have some romance element to it."

By Molly Harper | April 8, 2025

Why Tariq Ashkanani Chose to Set His New Novel in America

Why Tariq Ashkanani Chose to Set His New Novel in America

"There is freedom in being able to play a little fast and loose with the rules, a recurring motif that I find predominantly in US fiction."

By Tariq Ashkanani | April 8, 2025

Remembering the Bleak, Beautiful Poetry of Ken Bruen's Noir

Remembering the Bleak, Beautiful Poetry of Ken Bruen's Noir

Bruen wrote unflinchingly of the darkest parts of society, and his Jack Taylor series was the epitome of noir style.

By Scott Montgomery | April 7, 2025

High Net Worth Victims: Why We Love our Murderees to be Filthy Rich

High Net Worth Victims: Why We Love our Murderees to be Filthy Rich

"Killing the rich—in literature at least—appears to come with a built-in motive, one that likely implicates us all."

By Matt Plass | April 7, 2025

How Grady Hendrix Came to Love Horror

How Grady Hendrix Came to Love Horror

Read an excerpt and see the cover reveal for the new anthology "Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature", edited by Becky Siegel Spratford

By Grady Hendrix | April 4, 2025

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