• Culture

    Writing Influences: A Cuban-Miami Identity & the Periphery of Santeria

    "I wanted to explore different ways this inherited power could be both a burden and a gift, and how often our diasporic heritage is built on silence."

    October 10, 2023  By Vanessa Montalban
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    October 9, 2023  By CrimeReads 
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    The LAPD Films of Ron Shelton, Twenty Years Later

    Dark Blue and Hollywood Homicide were unfairly dismissed by audiences and critics. They deserved better.

    October 6, 2023  By Vince Keenan
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    Jesse Q. Sutanto on Toxic Friendships, Shrinking Attention Spans, and Finding the Muse

    "My characters are very well-behaved because they know I won't hesitate to kill them if they dare stray from the outline."

    October 6, 2023  By Molly Odintz
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    The Four Corners of Subjectivity

    How do crime writers get readers to "care about" characters who do terrible things?

    October 6, 2023  By Jake Lamar
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    Following Agatha Christie’s Footsteps in Torquay

    Kavitha Rao on the unique pleasures of attending the International Agatha Christie Festival

    October 5, 2023  By Kavitha Rao
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    Shop Talk: Lou Berney Is a Fanatical Believer in Naps

    Crime writers discuss ritual, craft, and learning that there's no one way to finish a novel.

    October 5, 2023  By Eli Cranor
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    How Paul Vidich Builds His World of Spies

    In Vidich's top-flight spy novels, the stories keep getting deeper and the deceptions more complex.

    October 5, 2023  By Peter Handel
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    The Western Meets Weird Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    Hats. Boots. Tentacles...? On the inherently wonderful mashup of Western settings and weird stories.

    October 4, 2023  By CrimeReads 
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    Note to Self, and Other True Crime Fans: These Tragedies Are Real

    Daniel Sweren-Becker on the cost of immersing yourself in true crime culture.

    October 4, 2023  By Daniel Sweren-Becker
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