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    Finding Inspiration At A Former Military Base on the Big Island

    There is much fodder for crime fiction in Hawaiʻi's long and complicated relationship with the US military.

    February 3, 2022  By Robert McCaw
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    Beyond Helpmates and Victims: The Rise of the Proto-Feminist Detective Novel

    "The star detective writers of the post-war period were all women—and working women too."

    February 3, 2022  By Michelle Birkby
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    Paul Vidich on the Pleasures of the Literary Spy Novel and the Ethical Ambiguities of the Late Cold War

    Vidich discusses his new novel, a Berlin tale with a nod to Hitchcock and a fascinating basis in the memoirs of Stasi spy chiefs.

    February 2, 2022  By Alex Segura
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    The Art of Throwing Truly Memorable Parties – In Suspense Novels

    Lara Elena Donnelly on dinner parties, galas, country weekends and the many tortures they inflict on characters with secrets to hide.

    February 2, 2022  By Lara Elena Donnelly
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    Make the Face Match the Ass: Delilah S. Dawson on Transformation in Thrillers

    "The goal of a character’s transformation is that it feels natural, satisfying, and deserved."

    February 1, 2022  By Delilah S. Dawson
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    Why Do We Feel So Much Empathy for Villains?

    "The ability to go on loving someone even when that person has done something awful is one of the hallmarks of who we are."

    January 31, 2022  By Jacquelyn Mitchard
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    Into The Maze: A British Author Heads To Corn Country

    Small towns, big agriculture, Midwestern charm and corporate shenanigans.

    January 28, 2022  By Erin Young
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    Growing Up Southern Gothic

    "[B]ehind all the gilded wrapping, there is a fecund abundance of decay and degradation."

    January 28, 2022  By Kristi DeMeester
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    Winter, Wellies, and Whisky

    Why Scotland Is The Coziest Setting of All

    January 26, 2022  By Traci Hall
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    Art Imitating Life Imitating Art

    Rick Mofina on the crazy mixed-up world of novels following life and life following novels, and on and on it goes...

    January 26, 2022  By Rick Mofina
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