Craft

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.

January 22, 2021  By Neil Nyren
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Killing the People You Love: Fiction and Medicine Intersect

Character development and destruction in the realm of psychological thrillers

January 21, 2021  By John Burley
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Secrets, Smartphones, Social Media, and Suspense

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

January 21, 2021  By Ellery Lloyd
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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.

January 20, 2021  By Paula Hawkins
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Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

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

January 20, 2021  By Chris Harding Thornton
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Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

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

January 20, 2021  By Josh Stallings
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A Novel Is So Much More Than Just The Sum of Its Parts

After launching a new series in a new setting, P.J. Tracy reflects on the meaning of novelist synergy.

January 15, 2021  By P.J. Tracy
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Lee Child and Paraic O'Donnell on Moral Codes, Punching Nazis, and Human Evolution

Two authors go deep on the history and significance of Reacher.

January 12, 2021  By Paraic O'Donnell
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The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

You, too, can travel the world, speak to interesting people, and craft convincing lies about murder and mayhem.

January 12, 2021  By Lee Goldberg
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Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone
But The Dog

Sulari Gentill on crime fiction's most unbreakable rule

January 12, 2021  By Sulari Gentill
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