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Is History Only For Historical Novels?
Five ways to use the past in contemporary crime fiction.
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Connie Berry
| July 22, 2024
Remembering John Waters's true-crime satire
Serial Mom
"His parody of true crime stories, and the media circus they attract, reveals the perverse desires and anxieties of American life."
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Julia Sirmons
| July 19, 2024
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."
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Sarah Easter Collins
| July 19, 2024
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
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Curtis Evans
| July 19, 2024
The Best Debut Novels of the Month: July 2024
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Molly Odintz
| July 18, 2024
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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Sarah Pearse
| July 18, 2024
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| July 16, 2024
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| July 15, 2024
Maisie Dobbs and the Incarnation of Character
Jacqueline Winspear on the humble origins of her iconic sleuth
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| July 12, 2024
Die Laughing: Humor in Serial Killer Novels
Preston L. Allen on the power of a good laugh amidst the horrors.
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Preston L. Allen
| July 11, 2024
Choose Your Own Adventure: Whodunnit
Part game, part quiz, part Mad-Libs
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Olivia Rutigliano
| July 10, 2024
How to Turn Surprising Historical Facts Into Compelling Historical Fiction
Kate Quinn on gathering material for great historical mysteries.
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Kate Quinn
| July 10, 2024
Writing Destination Thrillers on Location
Caro Carver on throwing yourself (literally) in the path of story
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Caro Carver
| July 10, 2024
Chris Offutt on Nature, Appalachia, and the "Code of the Hills"
"In the hills, nature is a constant force—beautiful and relentless. At times brutal. The sounds of bird and wind in the leaves is a constant backdrop to the life I experienced as a child and as an adult."
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Chris McGinley
| July 9, 2024
Fact vs. Fiction: Real Crime Stories Make Good Novels
Laura Essay reflects on a real-life crisis and how fiction can deepen our empathy.
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Laura Essay
| July 9, 2024
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