• Craft

    The Most Haunting Settings in Crime Fiction

    "I’m a fan of a more traditional setting...stormy weather, isolated places and the darkness that hides the evil from sight."

    October 26, 2020  By Max Seeck
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    Rubem Fonseca: Modernist Crime Fiction's Reluctant Star

    Fonseca captured the life of Rio de Janeiro like nobody else. Revisiting his work now, after his death, is an uncanny experience.

    October 23, 2020  By Ela Bittencourt
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    Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

    "Knowing what people are expecting allows you to subvert the trope. Expectation is its own red herring, built right into your reader."

    October 22, 2020  By Stuart Turton
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    Bringing the Traditional Murder Mystery to India

    RV Raman has loved Agatha Christie style murder mysteries his whole life. But where were the stories from India?

    October 22, 2020  By RV Raman
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    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime:
    A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    The creators of the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast on the the tricky business of fictional murder.

    October 16, 2020  By Layne Fargo
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    The Westing Game may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

    On remembrance, inheritance, and legacy in one of the most beloved children's novels of all time.

    October 15, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Agatha Christie Centennial: 100 Years of The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    Christie's debut novel was famously rejected by a host of publishers. Many, many editions later, it's an iconic mystery.

    October 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    I Didn't Set Out to Write a Book About the Argentine Scrabble Mafia But That's What I've Done

    Discovering a crime novel among the Saturday afternoon set in the basement of the Polish Club on Borges Street

    October 15, 2020  By Daniel Tunnard
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    Five Tips for Writing a Dual Narrative Mystery

    Presenting readers with two timelines can be highly rewarding. But your craft needs to be sharp to pull it off.

    October 15, 2020  By Heather Young
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    Justice for the Invisibles, by the Invisibles: A Brief History of Nontraditional Voices in Crime Fiction

    American crime stories featuring poor people and nontraditional voices are as old as Poe’s Dupin. And now, they're finally trending.

    October 14, 2020  By Christopher Chambers
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