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    The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

    The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

    Obsessives and eccentrics populate the fishing world. You better know your stuff if you're going to set your crime fiction there.

    By John Galligan | June 29, 2021

    Immortalizing Jack Reacher

    Immortalizing Jack Reacher

    Authors of long-running series face a difficult question: how should their characters age?

    By J.A. Crawford | June 28, 2021

    Donna Leon: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Donna Leon: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    For thirty years, Leon's Venetian mysteries have entranced readers. New readers are discovering her work all the time.

    By Neil Nyren | June 25, 2021

    Deadpool Creator Fabian Nicieza on (Finally) Finishing His Novel

    Deadpool Creator Fabian Nicieza on (Finally) Finishing His Novel

    It only took 35 years of writing comics to learn that 35 years of writing comics would help him write his debut mystery.

    By Fabian Nicieza | June 24, 2021

    For Lack of an Ending: How the 1970 Death of a Young Iowa Woman Became a Generations-Spanning Search for Truth

    For Lack of an Ending: How the 1970 Death of a Young Iowa Woman Became a Generations-Spanning Search for Truth

    Katherine Dykstra first learned about the death of 18-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling from her mother-in-law. The case file would come to consume her, but why?

    By Katherine Dykstra | June 23, 2021

    How Elizabeth Bowen's Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir

    How Elizabeth Bowen's Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir

    Anglo-Irish aristocrat and author Elizabeth Bowen chronicled the death of her class through her sinister depictions of the "big house."

    By Sarah Stewart Taylor | June 22, 2021

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    On Cars, Characters, and Crime

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    "Driving shapes identity. And in turn, it becomes a sign of our identity."

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    Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City ... Only to Disappear Into It

    Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City ... Only to Disappear Into It

    A new novel explores the mysterious legacy of Andrew Haswell Green, the Father of Greater New York, who built Central Park and the New York Public Library, then all but disappeared into history.

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    The Gothic Elegance of Venice in Winter

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    Kellye Garrett on Writing a New Mystery That Takes on Social Media, Fame, and the 'Strong Black Woman'

    Kellye Garrett on Writing a New Mystery That Takes on Social Media, Fame, and the 'Strong Black Woman'

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