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Lee Child Grapples With Mortality, Sales, Rivals, and Successors

Lee Child Grapples With Mortality, Sales, Rivals, and Successors

Who could take over the Jack Reacher series? Child wonders.

By Andy Martin | October 9, 2019

Forget Writing What You Know. Write Where You Know.

Forget Writing What You Know. Write Where You Know.

When I chose to set my book in the depressed coastal town where I spent my childhood, I knew it couldn't be anything other than a crime novel.

By A.S. Hatch | October 9, 2019

An Irish Author Takes the Global View

An Irish Author Takes the Global View

Kevin Barry's mournful crime epic pushes through boundaries

By Tobias Carroll | October 7, 2019

Stephen King Is Quietly Enthralled By

Stephen King Is Quietly Enthralled By "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

The poem that seems to hold a secret to the Stephen King multiverse

By Brenna Ehrlich | October 4, 2019

Franz Kafka: Misunderstood Crime Author

Franz Kafka: Misunderstood Crime Author

How The Trial upended what we know about crime fiction.

By Peter Steiner | October 3, 2019

Graham Greene and The Art of the Opening Paragraph

Graham Greene and The Art of the Opening Paragraph

Ten great opening paragraphs from one iconic author

By Dwyer Murphy | October 2, 2019

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Stephen Chbosky on the Essence of Horror

By Michael Seidlinger | October 2, 2019

Contending with the Legacy of Lovecraft

By Shaun Hamill | October 1, 2019

The 6 Best Book Covers of September

By CrimeReads | September 30, 2019

The 5 Essential Elements of Unforgettable Crime Thrillers

The 5 Essential Elements of Unforgettable Crime Thrillers

You're going to need an unforgettable villain, for starters.

By Derik Cavignano | September 27, 2019

How to Build Close Personal Relationships While Saving the World

How to Build Close Personal Relationships While Saving the World

An alpha female's guide to thrillers, action, and romance.

By Christina Dodd | September 27, 2019

Meet the Publishers of Blaft, South India's Renegade Pulp Fiction Press

Meet the Publishers of Blaft, South India's Renegade Pulp Fiction Press

Publishing Tamil crime fiction, Indian folklore, and groundbreaking graphic novels

By Miriam Alexander-Kumaradoss | September 26, 2019

Angel Luis Colón on Writing Violence, Finding New Voices, and Flipping Off the World

Angel Luis Colón on Writing Violence, Finding New Voices, and Flipping Off the World

The Bronx author is serious about changing the crime community.

By Désirée Zamorano | September 25, 2019

Hog Noir and the Morally Ambiguous Hero

Hog Noir and the Morally Ambiguous Hero

An infestation of feral hogs creates a bleak moral universe that can only be described in one word—noir.

By Heather Harper Ellett | September 24, 2019

Remembering an Odd, Artful 'Requiem for the Detective Novel'

Remembering an Odd, Artful 'Requiem for the Detective Novel'

In 1950, the Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt published a lost classic of crime fiction.

By Gilly Macmillan | September 24, 2019

Authenticity is the Key for Writing a Compelling Setting

Authenticity is the Key for Writing a Compelling Setting

On setting a novel in Minnesota and talking more about more than the bitter, bitter cold

By P.J. Tracy | September 20, 2019

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