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On Writing a Dog Mystery and Finding the Secret to Happiness

On Writing a Dog Mystery and Finding the Secret to Happiness

Peter Abrahams has found that writing mysteries from the goodnatured perspective of a pet is the key to life-long optimism.

By Peter Abrahams | July 15, 2021

Seven Books That Will Help Teach You How to Write a Crime Novel

Seven Books That Will Help Teach You How to Write a Crime Novel

An education in crime, one book at a time.

By Elaine Murphy | July 14, 2021

What’s a Nice Guy Like Me Doing in a Homicidal Place Like This?

What’s a Nice Guy Like Me Doing in a Homicidal Place Like This?

Ruminations on what drives decent, ordinary folks to write about murder and mayhem.

By John David Mann | July 14, 2021

Great Books That Are Secretly Science Fiction

Great Books That Are Secretly Science Fiction

"This is science-fiction at its best, because lurking in the background is a conceit that changes everything."

By Max Barry | July 13, 2021

Sweden's Crime Writers and the Case of The Unregistered, Prepaid Cell Phone

Sweden's Crime Writers and the Case of The Unregistered, Prepaid Cell Phone

New legislation brings an uncertain future for Scandinavian detective fiction's favorite plotting device.

By Peter Mohlin and Peter Nystrom | July 13, 2021

Why Dolores Hitchens' Less-Than-Glamorous Detective Is the Quiet Hero We Need

Why Dolores Hitchens' Less-Than-Glamorous Detective Is the Quiet Hero We Need

"[James Sader] fumbles through both novels without the benefit of any special charisma or genius. What he does have are the plain, well-worn tools of integrity and tenacity..."

By Steph Cha | July 12, 2021

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On Loving, and Leaving, Barcelona

On Loving, and Leaving, Barcelona

"If I saw the beauty in Barcelona, I also saw the shadows."

By Rupert Thomson | July 7, 2021

The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

To achieve her dream, T.J. Newman first had to cope with the bad news, again and again.

By T.J. Newman | July 6, 2021

7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture

7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture "The Oddness of the Moment in Question"

Will these protagonists succumb to the rigid spaces of adulthood, or rebel and find a path all their own?

By Rachel Donohue | July 6, 2021

7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

These books center the experiences of murder victims by allowing them to tell their own stories.

By Hilary Davidson | July 2, 2021

A Quiet Hero: Why George Smiley Is and Always Has Been the Protagonist We Need

A Quiet Hero: Why George Smiley Is and Always Has Been the Protagonist We Need

"...a play in which the hero kept silent and everyone round him spoke incessantly"

By Neil Sharpson | July 1, 2021

What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

On The New Golden Age of Suburban Noir

By Aggie Blum Thompson | July 1, 2021

Cadaver Dogs: A Nose for Murder

Cadaver Dogs: A Nose for Murder

Sure, they're not as glamorous as a search and rescue pup or a Covid-sniffing Labrador, but cadaver dogs get the job done.

By Jeffrey B. Burton | July 1, 2021

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