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    8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Summer

    8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Summer

    Fall down a long, winding rabbithole with these binge-worthy podcasts full of thoughtful, complex storytelling.

    By Lizzy Steiner | July 21, 2021

    How To Turn Your Happy Place Into a Setting for A Psychological Thriller

    How To Turn Your Happy Place Into a Setting for A Psychological Thriller

    "Knowing a place inside and out means I can write a page-turner about it."

    By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore | July 21, 2021

    Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

    Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

    She was a senior intelligence analyst. He was a Moscow bureau chief. Now they're both writing spy thrillers.

    By Alma Katsu | July 20, 2021

    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 | July 19, 2021

    We Need More Victim-Focused Narratives

    We Need More Victim-Focused Narratives

    Fiction is the perfect medium for exploring the long shadows of terrible crimes—so why aren't there more stories told by survivors?

    By Amanda Kabak | July 19, 2021

    The Internet Made Crime Public. That's When Things Got Complicated.

    The Internet Made Crime Public. That's When Things Got Complicated.

    Amateur sleuths are everywhere online, and sometimes they're altering the course of investigations.

    By Rozlan Mohd Noor | July 19, 2021

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    Carolyn Ferrell on Church, Belonging, and Holding onto Humanity in the Face of Erasure

    By Carolyn Ferrell | July 16, 2021

    The Needle and the Damage Done: The Genius of Robert Stone’s Dog Soldiers

    By Bruce Riordan | July 16, 2021

    The Most Ridiculous ahem, Memorable Serial Killers in Literature

    By Grady Hendrix | July 16, 2021

    6 Magical Cozy Mysteries Where Speculative Premises Are Taken To Quite Logical Conclusions

    6 Magical Cozy Mysteries Where Speculative Premises Are Taken To Quite Logical Conclusions

    Readers will let you get away with just about any setup—as long as the world building makes sense.

    By Esme Addison | July 16, 2021

    Shop Talk: Jordan Harper Pulls Down the Blinds, Turns Up the Heat, and Writes Novels on Hotel Stationery

    Shop Talk: Jordan Harper Pulls Down the Blinds, Turns Up the Heat, and Writes Novels on Hotel Stationery

    Crime writers discuss cold brew coffee and riding the tiger.

    By Eli Cranor | July 15, 2021

    The 30 Best Diner Scenes in Crime Movies, Ranked

    The 30 Best Diner Scenes in Crime Movies, Ranked

    What's on the menu? Only some of the best sequences in cinema. And pancakes.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 15, 2021

    For One Writer, Rediscovering the Novels of Dick Francis Was the Answer to a Personal Crisis and a Mysterious Illness

    For One Writer, Rediscovering the Novels of Dick Francis Was the Answer to a Personal Crisis and a Mysterious Illness

    John Fram was at work on his second novel when a strange illness knocked him down. A chance encounter with some wildly popular horse racing mysteries helped get him right. But how?

    By John Fram | July 15, 2021

    On Writing a Dog Mystery and Finding the Secret to Happiness

    On Writing a Dog Mystery and Finding the Secret to Happiness

    Peter Abrahams has found that writing mysteries from the goodnatured perspective of a pet is the key to life-long optimism.

    By Peter Abrahams | July 15, 2021

    Seven Books That Will Help Teach You How to Write a Crime Novel

    Seven Books That Will Help Teach You How to Write a Crime Novel

    An education in crime, one book at a time.

    By Elaine Murphy | July 14, 2021

    What’s a Nice Guy Like Me Doing in a Homicidal Place Like This?

    What’s a Nice Guy Like Me Doing in a Homicidal Place Like This?

    Ruminations on what drives decent, ordinary folks to write about murder and mayhem.

    By John David Mann | July 14, 2021

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