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The Importance of the Plot Twist

The Importance of the Plot Twist

Heidi Perks on when and how to reveal the twists that will keep readers guessing throughout your novel.

By Heidi Perks | January 3, 2024

What Makes a Forest Such a Seductive Setting for Fiction?

What Makes a Forest Such a Seductive Setting for Fiction?

Terri Parlato considers what draws us to the deep, dark woods

By Terri Parlato | January 3, 2024

The Rise of

The Rise of "Mom-Noir"

Katherine Faulkner looks at the "new cast of female, feminist crime writers exploring the darker realities of motherhood"

By Katherine Faulkner | January 2, 2024

Shop Talk: A Year of Writing Advice and Stories from the Trenches

Shop Talk: A Year of Writing Advice and Stories from the Trenches

Eli Cranor talks with today's top crime writers about craft, routine, and what gets them through the writing day.

By Eli Cranor | December 21, 2023

Sherlockian Collaborations and the Joys of Fandom

Sherlockian Collaborations and the Joys of Fandom

Writer Bonnie MacBird and illustrator Frank Cho on bringing Holmes to life in their holiday mystery, "What Child Is This?"

By Bonnie MacBird | December 21, 2023

The Queen of Grit Lit has a New Novel

The Queen of Grit Lit has a New Novel

Bonnie Jo Campbell talks with Chris McGinley about her brutal and beautiful new novel, "The Waters"

By Chris McGinley | December 21, 2023

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Ausma Zehanat Khan on Oppression, Rage, and Crafting a Palestinian Detective

By Ausma Zehanat Khan | December 20, 2023

Alexis Soloski on Theater, Criticism, and the Mystery of Performance

By Kevin Canfield | December 19, 2023

And They All Died Happily Ever After: Cozies, Grimdarks, and Modern Morality

By Mindy Quigley | December 18, 2023

Crafting Creepy Crime Fiction in the Danish Countryside

Crafting Creepy Crime Fiction in the Danish Countryside

Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo on a writing partnership honed in rural Scandinavia.

By Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo | December 18, 2023

10 Things We Learned in 20 Years of Writing Mysteries

10 Things We Learned in 20 Years of Writing Mysteries

Or, how to write cozies, from those who know them best.

By Cleo Coyle | December 14, 2023

My First Thriller: Patricia Cornwell

My First Thriller: Patricia Cornwell

When the international bestselling author's first review came in, it was from her hometown paper, and it wasn't good...

By Rick Pullen | December 13, 2023

Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writer's Dilemma

Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writer's Dilemma

Whether your story is set in the urban northeast or a western wilderness, the question still arises.

By Claire Kells | December 12, 2023

The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

Finley Turner on thrillers, narrative, and what it really means to be unreliable.

By Finley Turner | December 7, 2023

Stephen Spotswood On

Stephen Spotswood On "Queering the Narrative of the Golden Age of America"

To write crime fiction about gay life in the 1950 is to write noir. But celebrating love is just as essential.

By Stephen Spotswood | December 5, 2023

60 Years of 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'

60 Years of 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'

Paul Vidich and Joseph Kanon investigate the legacy of John le Carré's groundbreaking novel.

By Paul Vidich | December 1, 2023

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