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    History Is Shouting…All You Need to Do Is Listen

    History Is Shouting…All You Need to Do Is Listen

    "What could a story set in 1913 have to say about life in 2022?" Plenty!

    By Laura Ann Gilman | November 2, 2022

    Yeah Noir: Discovering New Zealand Crime Fiction

    Yeah Noir: Discovering New Zealand Crime Fiction

    Four Kiwi authors you should be reading now.

    By Jacqueline Bublitz | November 1, 2022

    What Can We Learn From A 1794 Novel About Turning Points In Crime Fiction?

    What Can We Learn From A 1794 Novel About Turning Points In Crime Fiction?

    Caleb Williams..."">"The reader can see the seed of many other stories of crime fiction in Caleb Williams..."

    By Heather Redmond | November 1, 2022

    Erika T. Wurth on Writing Native Horror During a Horror Renaissance

    Erika T. Wurth on Writing Native Horror During a Horror Renaissance

    "[T]here’s something compelling about a genre that allows people satisfaction, potentially, with an unhappy ending..."

    By Erika T. Wurth | October 31, 2022

    Why I Write Feminist Fairy Tales

    Why I Write Feminist Fairy Tales

    Or, how I gave up on "having it all" and found a new truth in writing darkness.

    By Menna Van Praag | October 27, 2022

    Lee Child and Andrew Child on Discipline, Dread, and Writing Late at Night

    Lee Child and Andrew Child on Discipline, Dread, and Writing Late at Night

    And why there's no point in trying to organize a bookshelf.

    By CrimeReads | October 25, 2022

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    A Doctor, A Deduction, and A Death Averted

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    Dead Men Do Talk Back: Taking Inspiration from the Film

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    Briana Cole on Sex, Psychological Thrillers, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

    Briana Cole on Sex, Psychological Thrillers, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

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    On Writing A Five Book Series That Can Be Read In Any Order

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    Thrillers Featuring Characters with Memory Disorders

    Thrillers Featuring Characters with Memory Disorders

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    5 Uniquely Chicanx/Latinx Representations in Crime Fiction

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    Get Some Perspective: How Crime Novels Use POV to Reveal Their True Mysteries

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