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- Cozy Mysteries Aren't Going Anywhere. In Fact, They're as Popular as Ever.February 22, 2021
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- Dark Academia: Your Guide to the New Wave of Post-Secret History Campus ThrillersFebruary 18, 2021 by Amy Gentry
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- The 15 Best Crime and Mystery Television Series of 2020January 15, 2021 by Olivia Rutigliano
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- Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone But The DogJanuary 12, 2021 by Sulari Gentill
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- The Best Reviewed Crime Novels of the Month: February 2021February 26, 2021 by CrimeReads
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- After 35 Years, the Murder of Two Teenagers Still Haunts a City—and True Crime WritersFebruary 26, 2021 by Keith Roysdon
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- The Varsity Blues Scandal Was Just The Tip of the IcebergFebruary 26, 2021 by Nicole LaPorte
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- If you want to laugh, watch this Mitchell and Webb sketch about two rival actors playing Holmes and WatsonFebruary 26, 2021 by Olivia Rutigliano
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- What a Gun Show in Las Vegas Reveals About the Intensely Profitable, Semi-Secret World of the Global Gun TradeFebruary 25, 2021 by Ioan Grillo
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- Cult 45: Navigating the Virulence of the First Post-Trump CPACFebruary 27, 2021
- When a Young Literary Star Refuses the SpotlightFebruary 26, 2021 by Simon Leser
- Thank You, Lawrence FerlinghettiFebruary 26, 2021 by Alysia Abbott
- The Best Nightmarish Fiction:
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- On Octavia Butler's
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- K Chess on Station Eleven, Louise Erdrich, and How To Be BothFebruary 22, 2021 by Book Marks
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On the Art of the Plot Twist

"Psycho" and "Les Diaboliques" shocked audiences with their unpredictable revelations. What made them so effective?

A Science Fiction Author's Pointers for Worldbuilding with Negative Space

"A great deal of worldbuilding can happen with what is left unsaid."

John le Carré Offered a Piece of Advice to a Struggling Novelist. She'll Never Forget It.

When Kate Weinberg met David Cornwell, she was determined not to mention to him the crime novel she was struggling to plot.

Millenial Cozies: A New Generation Discovers the Joys of the Cozy Mystery

Cozy mysteries are experiencing a revival as younger voices turn to writing (and reading) more of this charming genre.

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

In 1965, a pair of radical bohemian journalists invented Scandinavian Noir and reimagined what crime fiction could do.

Killing the People You Love: Fiction and Medicine Intersect

Character development and destruction in the realm of psychological thrillers

Secrets, Smartphones, Social Media, and Suspense

Or, How To Incorporate Modern Technology into Your Thriller Without Looking Dated

Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, 70 Years Later

The author of The Girl on the Train appreciates Highsmith's uniquely sickening vision of humanity.

Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

Shakespeare's villain, in all his treachery and complexity, still resonates, centuries later.

Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

The human brain works in fascinating, diverse ways, and authors should strive to represent those modes in fiction.

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