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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 | June 20, 2022

    Gillian Flynn Is the Real Gone Girl

    Gillian Flynn Is the Real Gone Girl

    10 years later, the seminal thriller still has a few twists and reveals left for unsuspecting readers.

    By Lisa Levy | June 20, 2022

    7 Great Crime Novels with First Person Narrators

    7 Great Crime Novels with First Person Narrators

    Scott Blackburn on the intimacy, the excitement, and the potential for deceit that only a good first person narrator can conjure up.

    By Scott Blackburn | June 20, 2022

    The Enduring Appeal of the Female Amateur Sleuth

    The Enduring Appeal of the Female Amateur Sleuth

    "[T]he most singular characteristic that female amateur sleuths share is sheer persistence..."

    By Amy Pershing | June 20, 2022

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

    Do you want to see British people solving mysteries in the south of France or the hills of Italy?

    By Dwyer Murphy | June 17, 2022

    Want to Write a Great Mystery? Read a Great Romance.

    Want to Write a Great Mystery? Read a Great Romance.

    Mindy Carlson on lessons learned from a pandemic-inspired turn toward romance novels.

    By Mindy Carlson | June 16, 2022

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    The Story of Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and Quite Possibly the Strangest American Crime Film of the 1970s

    By Andrew Nette | June 16, 2022

    My First Thriller: Steven James

    By Rick Pullen | June 16, 2022

    An exclusive first look at the new Netflix true crime documentary, Girl in the Picture

    By CrimeReads | June 15, 2022

    Hugh Ryan on the Queer History of a Forgotten New York City Prison

    Hugh Ryan on the Queer History of a Forgotten New York City Prison

    "Some of the incarcerated folks could see the Stonewall Inn, and could see the uprising...there was a riot in the prison that night."

    By James Polchin | June 15, 2022

    The Constellation of Possibilities: An Approach to Writing Historical Fiction

    The Constellation of Possibilities: An Approach to Writing Historical Fiction

    Matt Bondurant on a natural disaster, a discovered photograph, and the craft exercise that followed.

    By Matt Bondurant | June 15, 2022

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month: June 2022

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month: June 2022

    Featuring new books from Elly Griffiths, Katie Gutierrez, David Koepp, and more.

    By Lisa Levy | June 15, 2022

    A Real Desire to Write Fake Lawyers

    A Real Desire to Write Fake Lawyers

    Joey Hartstone always thought he wanted to be a lawyer. But maybe just wanted to be a lawyer in a story.

    By Joey Hartstone | June 15, 2022

    The Birth of the Hardy Boys

    The Birth of the Hardy Boys

    Leslie McFarlane, who wrote under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon, explains how the brothers started solving mysteries and why they were always eating meals.

    By Leslie McFarlane | June 14, 2022

    On Revenge Porn, Cyberstalking & Other Modern Privacy Problems

    On Revenge Porn, Cyberstalking & Other Modern Privacy Problems

    "Like many of us, I have an uneasy truce with what technology has wrought with respect to my privacy."

    By Nina Sadowsky | June 14, 2022

    The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

    The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

    The trick is to have your spies embrace "techniques that used to be valuable, but are probably hardly ever employed these days."

    By Richard A. Clarke | June 14, 2022

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