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Layering on the Mystery
Maps, cast lists, epigraphs, and recipes keep us entertained from the first word to the last
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Leslie Budewitz
| September 25, 2025
Gabrielle Sher On
Golems, Retellings, and
Finding Magic in Words
Featuring a cover reveal of Sher's forthcoming novel, "Odessa"
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Gabrielle Sher
| September 23, 2025
Nick Medina Looks at 7 Books That "Make Use of Folklore, Legend, and Myth to Leave Readers Shaken"
These ancient folktales find new relevancy in contemporary reads.
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Nick Medina
| September 16, 2025
My First Thriller: Meg Gardiner
The story of how Meg Gardiner discovered America.
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Rick Pullen
| September 11, 2025
On Legends, Tall Tales, and the Art of Storytelling
"However far-fetched [stories] may be, they often carry a latent, meaningful truth."
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Archer Sullivan
| September 11, 2025
Jack Du Brul: What Continuing Clive Cussler's Legendary Work Taught Me About Game-Changing Novels
Between conducting in-depth research and keeping familiar characters evolving, adding to an iconic series is no mean feat.
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Jack Du Brul
| September 11, 2025
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Hannah Mary McKinnon
| September 9, 2025
On Discord, Shared Guilt, and The Power of Collective Narration
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Lauren Oliver
| September 5, 2025
Writing Queer Icons into Crime
A Roundtable Discussion with the Contributors to the new anthology, "Crime Ink: Iconic"
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John Copenhaver
| September 4, 2025
The Future of Technology Makes It Harder to Solve Fictional Crimes
We thought more cameras, more data, and more computing power would mean more answers at the crime scene. What if they just raise more questions?
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Thomas R. Weaver
| September 3, 2025
Show, Don't Tell: Donna Leon's Timeless Lessons for Well-Crafted Books
Leon analyzes Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer novels and finds new lessons for writers in their well-worn pages
By
Donna Leon
| August 28, 2025
Good Bad Guys: Tim Lebbon On Crafting Villains
What makes a terrible person a great character? Showing their humanity.
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Tim Lebbon
| August 27, 2025
Eli Cranor Talks Contact Sports, Crime Fiction, and Community
Cranor returns to the beloved, brutal world of football in his latest novel, "Mississippi 42"
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Kevin Canfield
| August 25, 2025
Karin Slaughter Is "Writing for Entertainment, But...Firmly Planted in Reality"
25 novels in, the powerhouse author talks with John B. Valeri about her latest thriller and long career
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John B. Valeri
| August 25, 2025
Writing Neurodivergence in Crime Fiction
Amie Schaumberg on crafting a character whose differences become her greatest strengths
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Amie Schaumberg
| August 21, 2025
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