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What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History

What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History

An unedited shot can create incredible tension and excitement—it works for novelists, too.

By Nicci French | January 28, 2020

Me and the G-Man

Me and the G-Man

A crime writer's research sparks an unlikely
friendship with an FBI agent

By Nina Sadowsky | January 27, 2020

What We Write About When We Write About the Past

What We Write About When We Write About the Past

How to make historical fiction true to its time period, without making it stuffy. (Hint: the devil is in the details.)

By Raymond Fleishchmann | January 24, 2020

Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

The books pushing at the boundaries of true crime storytelling.

By Tobias Carroll | January 24, 2020

How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder

How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder

On Writing Trauma and Healing Through Fiction

By L.A. Villafane | January 22, 2020

Searching for a Los Angeles Cop Novel of My Own

Searching for a Los Angeles Cop Novel of My Own

L.A. is a city of iconic crime novels. Lee Goldberg went searching for new terrain.

By Lee Goldberg | January 21, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen On Writing Together

By Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen | January 16, 2020

Why Crime Writers Have to Travel

By Nick Petrie | January 15, 2020

Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

By Daneet Steffens | January 15, 2020

When Men Narrate Psychological Thrillers

When Men Narrate Psychological Thrillers

A new subset of books extends the gaslighting and manipulation to the reader, too.

By Lisa Levy | January 13, 2020

The True Crime Story That Changed My Life

The True Crime Story That Changed My Life

Katherine Ellison was a young reporter covering a murder trial. A mistake derailed her career, and the case became an obsession.

By Katherine Ellison | January 13, 2020

Why Writers Love Villains

Why Writers Love Villains

From the Book of Genesis to contemporary crime writing, a look at why "trouble is always the most interesting element in any story."

By Sterling Watson | January 7, 2020

Justice for <em>Serenity</em>

Justice for Serenity

One year later, revisiting the strangest noir in recent memory.

By Zach Vasquez | January 7, 2020

Forget 'Die Hard'—<br>This Christmas, Watch<br> 'The Silent Partner'

Forget 'Die Hard'—
This Christmas, Watch
'The Silent Partner'

The 1970s neo-noir Christmas heist film you need this year.

By Zach Vasquez | December 20, 2019

Why We Can't Stop Reading Conspiracy Fiction

Why We Can't Stop Reading Conspiracy Fiction

Plus, a look ahead at 5 new conspiracy thrillers coming out in 2020, the very contentious year-to-come.

By L.C. Shaw | December 19, 2019

How to Power Your Novel Through the All-Important Second Act

How to Power Your Novel Through the All-Important Second Act

A thriller author breaks down a tried-and-true plotting tradition.

By Wendy Heard | December 17, 2019

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