Seven Tips For Choosing the Perfect Name For Your Characters

Seven Tips For Choosing the Perfect Name For Your Characters

Number One: Keep An Eye On The Character's Age and Era!

By Freida McFadden | August 25, 2022

On Crosswords and Crime Fiction

On Crosswords and Crime Fiction

What is it about puzzles and crosswords that lend themselves so well to a good crime novel?

By Kenneth L. Toppell | August 25, 2022

Jeff Abbott on Restarting a Beloved Series

Jeff Abbott on Restarting a Beloved Series

After a pivot to psychological thrillers, Abbott returns to his Sam Capra acton series.

By Jeff Abbott | August 24, 2022

Dark Funny: The Common Purpose of Horror and Comedy

Dark Funny: The Common Purpose of Horror and Comedy

Lily Sparks on the deep affinity between two forms of storytelling.

By Lily Sparks | August 24, 2022

The Soap Opera That Brought a Noir Edge to Daytime TV

The Soap Opera That Brought a Noir Edge to Daytime TV

‘The Edge of Night’ gave soap viewers daily murder and mayhem

By Keith Roysdon | August 24, 2022

Jincy Willett on the Why of Murder

Jincy Willett on the Why of Murder

The finest writers do not make the most horrific deeds inevitable, but rather understandable.

By Jincy Willett | August 24, 2022

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Believe It or Not: Blending Real and Unreal in Fiction Thrillers

By Victor Acquista | August 24, 2022

Two August Thrillers That Complicate the Definition of Victim

By Samantha Ladwig | August 23, 2022

It’s Happening Again: On Jews and Violence

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10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

By CrimeReads | August 22, 2022

The Secret Society I (Almost) Joined

The Secret Society I (Almost) Joined

"Didn’t I want the benefits? Didn’t I want to join?"

By Catherine McKenzie | August 22, 2022

Why Write About a Place That’s Not On the Map?

Why Write About a Place That’s Not On the Map?

Might it just help us understand what's difficult, complex—incomprehensible?

By Adria Bernardi | August 22, 2022

The Best International Crime Fiction Out This August

The Best International Crime Fiction Out This August

A Swedish Sherlock, a Japanese legal thriller, a Lebanese murder mystery, and more.

By Molly Odintz | August 19, 2022

Bad Mutha: On the Life and Art of Isaac Hayes

Bad Mutha: On the Life and Art of Isaac Hayes

How the composer, actor, and Black Moses soul man put his indelible stamp on the culture.

By Michael Gonzales | August 19, 2022

On the 1981 Wonderland Murders and the 2003 film that reconstructs its events

On the 1981 Wonderland Murders and the 2003 film that reconstructs its events

Five people were killed in a Los Angeles suburb on July 1st, 1981. An unforgettable film told the story.

By Sabina Stent | August 19, 2022

All The Dangerous Things Ryan La Sala Has Done In The Name of Research

All The Dangerous Things Ryan La Sala Has Done In The Name of Research

On trespassing, fraud, theft, impersonation, lying, potential arson....and beekeeping.

By Ryan La Sala | August 18, 2022

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