• Craft

    Blood in the Desert: Six Books About Crime and Colonialism at the U.S.-Mexico Border

    The history of the borderlands is full of murder, theft, banditry, and violence—starting with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

    October 15, 2021  By Bruce McCandless III
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    Six Thrillers That Use Unusual Structures to Build Suspense

    These authors build suspense through their unique story structures.

    October 15, 2021  By Nicole Mabry and Steph Mullin
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    The Five Most Realistic PIs in Fiction

    Elizabeth Breck, author and licensed private investigator, on the fictional sleuths who do the job right.

    October 15, 2021  By Elizabeth Breck
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    Shop Talk: S.A. Cosby Is Late to This Interview and It's Because of Some Dead Bodies

    Crime writers talking writing routines, putting in the work, and what to do when you get a call in the middle of the night about some bodies.

    October 14, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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    Steph Cha On Editing The Best American Mystery Series During An Unprecedented Year

    "2020 was full of desperation and injustice and crime, and if mystery writers are paying attention (and I know we are) it should have a transformative effect on the genre."

    October 14, 2021  By Steph Cha
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    Tony Hillerman and the Invention of Jim Chee

    Joe Leaphorn, older and sophisticated, needed a new foil—one younger, more interested in tradition, and more inquisitive.

    October 14, 2021  By James McGrath Morris
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    Fictional Detectives, Real Hobbies: Appreciating the Leisure Activities of Fiction's Greatest Sleuths

    Even Sherlock needs to unwind sometimes...

    October 13, 2021  By Jethro K. Lieberman
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    What Can Sherlock Holmes Teach a Young Black Sleuth?

    "His pinnacle lesson? Own your self-agency."

    October 12, 2021  By Patricia Raybon
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    Brutal, Terrifying, and Unclassifiable: Beyond the Literary/Horror Divide

    James Han Mattson on six literary novels that could easily have made their way over to the horror shelf.

    October 11, 2021  By James Han Mattson
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    Why Body Horror Is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling

    "Body horror is powerful because it is personal."

    October 8, 2021  By Caitlin Starling
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