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    What We Write About When We Write About the Past

    What We Write About When We Write About the Past

    How to make historical fiction true to its time period, without making it stuffy. (Hint: the devil is in the details.)

    By Raymond Fleishchmann | January 24, 2020

    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    The books pushing at the boundaries of true crime storytelling.

    By Tobias Carroll | January 24, 2020

    Seven True Crime Books for Domestic-Suspense Lovers

    Seven True Crime Books for Domestic-Suspense Lovers

    Sometimes the scariest place to go... is home.

    By Lisa Levy | January 23, 2020

    Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

    Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

    You stay away from the village fete, do you understand?

    By Maureen Johnson | January 23, 2020

    Announcing the 2020 Edgar Award Nominations

    Announcing the 2020 Edgar Award Nominations

    The Mystery Writers of America celebrate the genre's best.

    By CrimeReads | January 22, 2020

    No Such Thing As a Nice Guy: Reading Andrea Dworkin and Watching <em>You</em>

    No Such Thing As a Nice Guy: Reading Andrea Dworkin and Watching You

    Joe isn't a serial killer. He's a batterer. And his reform is just part of the cycle of abuse.

    By Torrey Crim | January 22, 2020

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    How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder

    By L.A. Villafane | January 22, 2020

    Searching for a Los Angeles Cop Novel of My Own

    By Lee Goldberg | January 21, 2020

    What Books Would You Most Want To See Transformed into a Film or Series?

    By Chris Hauty | January 17, 2020

    Golden Age Hollywood was Full of Ex-Cons

    Golden Age Hollywood was Full of Ex-Cons

    On Booth and Tasker, the formerly incarcerated screenwriters who brought authenticity to early Hollywood crime cinema.

    By Vince Keenan | January 16, 2020

    Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen On Writing Together

    Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen On Writing Together

    The mother and son writing duo talk collaboration, conference calls, and killing off beloved characters.

    By Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen | January 16, 2020

    Why Crime Writers Have to Travel

    Why Crime Writers Have to Travel

    On the importance of setting and atmosphere—and the surreal Icelandic summer.

    By Nick Petrie | January 15, 2020

    Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

    Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

    An author pursues her obsessions.

    By Daneet Steffens | January 15, 2020

    Soul Assassin: The Brief Life and Death of Jerome Johnson

    Soul Assassin: The Brief Life and Death of Jerome Johnson

    In 1971, somebody hired a young Black man to assassinate an Italian mafia boss. Five decades later, the mystery continues.

    By Michael Gonzales | January 14, 2020

    Steph Cha and Tom Lutz Talk Noir in the 21st Century

    Steph Cha and Tom Lutz Talk Noir in the 21st Century

    Bleak Visions, Numskull Crooks, and "The Horror of Human Perfidy"

    By Steph Cha & Tom Lutz | January 14, 2020

    Graham Greene and Dorothy Glover’s Amazing Collection of Victorian Detective Fiction

    Graham Greene and Dorothy Glover’s Amazing Collection of Victorian Detective Fiction

    It began as an affair carried out during the London Blitz. It became one of the world's premiere collections of mystery fiction.

    By Paul French | January 13, 2020

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