• Craft

    How I Helped Bring Gay Men to the World of International Thrillers—And Found a Readership of Women in the Process

    In a genre long dominated by action and archetypes, an author discovers a new audience.

    July 10, 2020  By Timothy Jay Smith
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    The Missing Link Between Golden Age Detectives, Hardboiled Noir, and Hallucinogenic Adventure

    Diving into the world of Joel Townsley Rogers's The Red Right Hand

    July 10, 2020  By Joe R. Lansdale
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    My First Thriller: Steve Berry

    After twelve years and eighty-six submissions, Steve Berry's persistence finally paid off with the launch of a blockbuster series.

    July 9, 2020  By Rick Pullen
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    Do the Best Adaptations Keep the Author At Arm's Length?

    A screenwriter and crime writer thinks back on 20 years of the collaborative process.

    July 8, 2020  By David Klass
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    Why Genre Labels Are Utterly Meaningless But Incredibly Fun to Debate, Especially While Drinking

    Is Indiana Jones an adventure story or a heist movie? Is Brody the hero of 'Jaws' or is the shark? It all depends on perspective.

    July 8, 2020  By Jay Stringer
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    The Magic of Reading Arthur Conan Doyle's Letters

    A look inside the private correspondence of an illustrious figure.

    July 3, 2020  By Mick Finlay
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    P. D. James: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    She refined the crime novel to its dark, poetic core and created a roster of iconic detectives along the way.

    July 2, 2020  By Neil Nyren
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    Crime Fiction Trains Us for Crisis

    "Through crime fiction, we have faced all manner of peril, defended the unjustly accused, protected intended victims."

    July 2, 2020  By Sulari Gentill
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    The Uncanny Appeal of Sole Survivor Stories

    We weren't meant to fly, but we do. Stories of crash survivors speak to something primitive—and mysterious—in us.

    June 25, 2020  By Richard Farrell
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    Ottessa Moshfegh on Dreams, Nightmares, and a Rediscovered Novel

    The author of some of the darkest, most disturbing novels in years wants people to know: she's not April Ludgate.

    June 24, 2020  By Michael Seidlinger
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