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- My First Thriller: James GradySeptember 9, 2021
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- Detroit Crime Fiction: A Literary Tradition Like No OtherSeptember 20, 2021 by Paul French
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- How Being a Firefighter Prepares You to Write Crime FictionOctober 22, 2021 by Tony Knighton
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- Watching a Magazine, Reading a Movie: On Wes Anderson’s The French DispatchOctober 22, 2021
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Andrea Camilleri: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

A tour through Inspector Salvo Montalbano's Sicily and the life and works of an Italian mystery icon.

Rock Of Ages: What Graham Greene Can Teach The Modern Novelist

In Brighton Rock, all the novelist's formidable tools are on display.

6 Cozy Mysteries Told From a Cat’s Purr-spective

In these series, cats are the real sleuths, and humans are just there to do their bidding.

Shop Talk: John Vercher on Improvising Novels, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, and Finding the Beats

Crime authors talk craft, routine. and jiu-jitsu.

Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

"I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks."

In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

There's a new wave of thrillers coming out of South and East Asia, and they're radically different from their Western counterparts.

Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

Working as a reporter left too many unanswered questions. Dahl wanted to know the answers.

Edgar Allan Poe is The Perfect Literary Self-Help Hero For Our Uncertain Times

Shit’s hard. Life (and writing) can be a relentless grind. But somehow, Poe kept on going—and so can you.

Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

Northern Irish writers are often instructed to tamp down their regionalism by London publishers. It's time to set aside safe bets and embrace unique voices.

My First Thriller: James Grady

In 1971, a young Capitol Hill staffer walked by an old townhouse and wondered if it could be a CIA front. The idea would become Six Days of the Condor.

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A tour through Inspector Salvo Montalbano's Sicily and the life and works of an Italian mystery icon.

In Brighton Rock, all the novelist's formidable tools are on display.

In these series, cats are the real sleuths, and humans are just there to do their bidding.

Crime authors talk craft, routine. and jiu-jitsu.

"I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks."

There's a new wave of thrillers coming out of South and East Asia, and they're radically different from their Western counterparts.

Working as a reporter left too many unanswered questions. Dahl wanted to know the answers.

Shit’s hard. Life (and writing) can be a relentless grind. But somehow, Poe kept on going—and so can you.

Northern Irish writers are often instructed to tamp down their regionalism by London publishers. It's time to set aside safe bets and embrace unique voices.

In 1971, a young Capitol Hill staffer walked by an old townhouse and wondered if it could be a CIA front. The idea would become Six Days of the Condor.

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