• Craft

    Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction

    The first humans to make up stories may just have saved us all. Or not. It's hard to know for sure.

    October 5, 2021  By Lee Child
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    Jane Casey: Why I Chose To Write About A Barrister

    Amateur detectives defined the Golden Age. Police procedurals dominated the later part of the century. It's high time to set aside the hunters and focus on other professions.

    October 4, 2021  By Jane Casey
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    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    When it comes to getting the physiognomical effects of fear right, who cares why your characters are afraid. What matters is how they experience fear.

    October 1, 2021  By DiAnn Mills
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    I Write About Monsters Because I Fear Becoming One

    Or, what we talk about when we talk about monsters.

    September 30, 2021  By Catriona Ward
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    From Pen Stroke to Key Stroke: On Slander in Suspense

    Poisoned pen letters were a staple of Golden Age crime fiction. Now, writers are using new technologies continue the tradition.

    September 30, 2021  By Laura Griffin
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    Fancy Anders Goes To War: Exclusive Excerpt and Illustrations Preview!

    Check out Fay Dalton's gorgeous illustrations for the novella by Max Allan Collins.

    September 28, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    How the CIA Actually Recruits an Agent to Spy on His Own Country

    Douglas London spent his career with the CIA. Here, he remembers the first agent he ever recruited overseas.

    September 28, 2021  By Douglas London
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    The Real-Life Political Scandal That Inspired Jean-Patrick Manchette's First Thriller

    In 1965, a Moroccan politician was arrested by French police, then never seen again. Amidst the international uproar, one author was paying close attention.

    September 28, 2021  By Gary Indiana
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    Speculative Thrillers That Blur the Line Between Physics and Philosophy

    "A border is crossed when abstractions like these—predestination and omniscience—become achievable engineering goals. We feel a shiver."

    September 27, 2021  By James Kennedy
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    Motive Is the Core of Mystery

    7 mysteries in which motivation is the driving force of the narrative.

    September 24, 2021  By Emilia Bernhard
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