Craft

‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

January 11, 2021  By Christopher Fowler
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All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

What's more suspenseful than waiting on a letter from someone with a story to tell?

January 11, 2021  By Amy Stewart
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Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

January 8, 2021  By Craig Pittman
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My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

January 7, 2021  By Rick Pullen
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PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

January 6, 2021  By Kim Green
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This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

January 4, 2021  By Dwyer Murphy
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Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

Every suit, every dress tell a story.

December 29, 2020  By Tara Moss
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How John Le Carré Reinvented the Spy Novel

Novelist Paul Vidich reflects on the life and legacy of a literary giant.

December 24, 2020  By Paul Vidich
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Walter Mosley on Devil in a Blue Dress, Thirty Years Later

"He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

December 17, 2020  By Walter Mosley
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Reacher, Prospero, and Child

The links connecting two writers—William Shakespeare and Lee Child—run deeper than you might think.

December 16, 2020  By Heather Martin
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