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This Isn’t The End: What To Do When Your Publisher Dies

This Isn’t The End: What To Do When Your Publisher Dies

It's an author's nightmare, but you're not alone. James Queally talks with writers who have been through a publisher's demise.

By James Queally | August 20, 2024

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 19, 2024

The Irresistible Pull of an Anonymous Note—Why the Most Frightening Possibility Is All of Them

The Irresistible Pull of an Anonymous Note—Why the Most Frightening Possibility Is All of Them

Elizabeth Staple on dread, and what it does to us.

By Elizabeth Staple | August 19, 2024

Meet Thomas Byrnes, Gilded Age New York's Performative, Corrupt Police Detective

Meet Thomas Byrnes, Gilded Age New York's Performative, Corrupt Police Detective

He staged elaborate scenes to extract confessions, presented prisoners to police in a "parade," and invented the "Rogues' Gallery"

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 15, 2024

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

"The internet is now ubiquitous in our lives, so why does it appear so rarely in popular literature?"

By Stephen Harrison | August 14, 2024

Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

Snowden Wright on Elmore Leonard and the evolution of an American icon.

By Snowden Wright | August 13, 2024

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Katrina Monroe on Eldest Daughter Syndrome

By Katrina Monroe | August 13, 2024

Zoje Stage: My Quest for Realism in Genre Fiction

By Zoje Stage | August 13, 2024

The Rockford Files and the Allure of the Shady PI

By Keith Roysdon | August 12, 2024

Presenting <em>Série Noire,</em> the Bleak French Neo Noir You've Never Seen

Presenting Série Noire, the Bleak French Neo Noir You've Never Seen

It's Alain Corneau's classic adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 9, 2024

5 Iconic 1990s Thriller Films

5 Iconic 1990s Thriller Films

"The thing that made these movies...was the fact that the villains started off seeming like regular people."

By Liz Alterman | August 9, 2024

Sam Tschida: Write Like a Mother

Sam Tschida: Write Like a Mother

On finding the time and inspiration to spend "several hours a day with people you made up."

By Sam Tschida | August 8, 2024

<em>Scarface</em> vs. <em>Scarface</em>

Scarface vs. Scarface

Looking at Brian de Palma's 1983 classic alongside the 1932 Howard Hawks film that inspired it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 7, 2024

All These Houses Are Haunted: How (and Why) Horror is the Perfect Hybrid Genre

All These Houses Are Haunted: How (and Why) Horror is the Perfect Hybrid Genre

"When taken from the right perspective, every story is a horror story"

By Matthew Lyons | August 7, 2024

Why the Epistolary Format Works So Well in Crime Fiction

Why the Epistolary Format Works So Well in Crime Fiction

"Letters are a great way to manipulate your vict—I mean, audience."

By Joshua Chaplinsky | August 7, 2024

On Bram Stoker's Forgotten <em>Dracula</em> Play

On Bram Stoker's Forgotten Dracula Play

It's not good... but it IS a play

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 2, 2024

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