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Far-Flung Thrillers for World Travelers

Far-Flung Thrillers for World Travelers

A good book makes the best companion for international travel.

By Daniel Nieh | July 24, 2019

The Art of Setting Your Crime Novel in a Not-So-Distant Past

The Art of Setting Your Crime Novel in a Not-So-Distant Past

How crime authors capture the little details of life in the 1960s, 70s, and other evocative eras of recent history.

By Wendy Corsi Staub | July 24, 2019

Laura Lippman: My 35-Year Love Affair with Marjorie Morningstar

Laura Lippman: My 35-Year Love Affair with Marjorie Morningstar

"To me, it's a unicorn of a book—a so-called women's novel, written by a man, that takes its heroine very seriously."

By Laura Lippman | July 23, 2019

Raymond Chandler: The Art of Beginning a Crime Story

Raymond Chandler: The Art of Beginning a Crime Story

The 10 Greatest Opening Paragraphs from a Noir Master

By Dwyer Murphy | July 23, 2019

When Crime Authors Write Non-Crime Books

When Crime Authors Write Non-Crime Books

8 crime authors moonlighting in other forms of literature

By Lisa Levy | July 22, 2019

The Silence of the Lambs: The Seminal Serial Killer Novel, and Still the Best

The Silence of the Lambs: The Seminal Serial Killer Novel, and Still the Best

A thriller author and her forensics expert partner celebrate the literary and investigative merits of an all-time great thriller.

By Ashley Dyer | July 22, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Patricia Moyes: A Crime Reader's Guide to the Classics

By Neil Nyren | July 19, 2019

The Evolution of Walt Longmire: Somewhere Between Laughter and Death

By Scott Montgomery | July 18, 2019

Edna Buchanan's Miami

By Sarah Weinman | July 16, 2019

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

A crime author's appreciation for a new/old form of storytelling

By Alison Gaylin | July 16, 2019

Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

Leonardo Padura & Alex Segura talk about noir, hometowns, homelands, and how being a crime writer in Cuba has evolved.

By Alex Segura | July 15, 2019

Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

Jim Thompson and William Lindsay Gresham have proven difficult to adapt to screen. Directors can't resist the challenge—or the noir.

By Zach Vasquez | July 15, 2019

The Weird, Wild, Inimitable Noir of Donald E. Westlake

The Weird, Wild, Inimitable Noir of Donald E. Westlake

A day to celebrate the life and work of a crime fiction icon

By Dwyer Murphy | July 12, 2019

Grappling with PTSD <br>in Crime Fiction

Grappling with PTSD
in Crime Fiction

Forget the PTSD-fueled psychotic killer of pop culture lore. Crime novels are capable of a far more complex treatment.

By Hilary Davidson | July 11, 2019

Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

Five ways my background as a stuntwoman and armorer helped me become a crime writer (and one way it didn't).

By S. L. Huang | July 10, 2019

Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

A new thriller explores parents breaking bad and the terrifying spread of a kidnapping ring.

By Mark Rubinstein | July 9, 2019

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