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    Nev Fountain On Writing A Detective Novel About Fandom

    Nev Fountain On Writing A Detective Novel About Fandom

    "What are detectives but fans in their own way? People with a passionate interest in minutia?"

    By Nev Fountain | July 29, 2024

    That Time Arthur Conan Doyle Tried to Stump Harry Houdini with a Stop-Motion Dinosaur Film Clip

    That Time Arthur Conan Doyle Tried to Stump Harry Houdini with a Stop-Motion Dinosaur Film Clip

    It was the culmination in their longstanding feud about the existence of a psychic, occult world

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 26, 2024

    How Researching Her New Historical Novel Made Juliet Grames Into a Detective of the Immigrant Experience

    How Researching Her New Historical Novel Made Juliet Grames Into a Detective of the Immigrant Experience

    The author discusses Italy, lost boys, and how research drove her.

    By John B. Valeri | July 26, 2024

    6 Crime and Horror Books Featuring Unusual Narrators

    6 Crime and Horror Books Featuring Unusual Narrators

    Heather Chavez looks at stories told from the perspectives of wildfires, security cameras, animals, and more

    By Heather Chavez | July 24, 2024

    Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

    Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

    "[M]etafiction is a great tool for encouraging readers to question everything."

    By Lisa Kusel | July 24, 2024

    Peng Shepherd On Writing A Choose-You-Own-Adventure Speculative Mystery

    Peng Shepherd On Writing A Choose-You-Own-Adventure Speculative Mystery

    "[W]hat if you actually could go back and fix your past mistakes? How would that change your life?"

    By Peng Shepherd | July 23, 2024

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    Remembering John Waters's true-crime satire Serial Mom

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    Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

    Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

    "Memory and perception are slippery things, and become all the more so when filtered back through the limitations of language."

    By Sarah Easter Collins | July 19, 2024

    The Critic Did It: Howard Spring Takes on The Detection Club

    The Critic Did It: Howard Spring Takes on The Detection Club

    When he included spoilers in one of his columns, Spring earned the enmity of an entire generation of crime novelists

    By Curtis Evans | July 19, 2024

    The Best Debut Novels of the Month: July 2024

    The Best Debut Novels of the Month: July 2024

    Featuring first novels from Jenna Satterthwaite, Sarah Brooks, Emily Dunlay, and more.

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    Sarah Pearse On Crafting Atmospheric Suspense

    Sarah Pearse On Crafting Atmospheric Suspense

    "To effectively evoke an intense sense of atmosphere, I need to have spent a lot of time in the setting myself"

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    The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'

    The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'

    Discussing Highsmith's classic of toxic suburbia

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    What Do Real Spies Think of James Bond?

    What Do Real Spies Think of James Bond?

    "[W]hat you see on the screen is often the antithesis of good intelligence work"

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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 | July 15, 2024

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