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Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

Advice for crafting believable, complex, and always surprising everyday people.

By Lou Berney | October 13, 2023

Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

Read a conversation between two psychological thriller authors at the top of their game.

By CrimeReads | October 12, 2023

My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

How Deaver went from publishing the wrong novels to writing his breakout thriller.

By Rick Pullen | October 11, 2023

10 Years Later,

10 Years Later, "Prisoners" Eerily Predicted Our Current Moment

Revisiting Denis Villeneuve's bleak portrait of fear and fantasy

By Zack Budryk | October 11, 2023

How Today's Top Authors Find the Right Balance for the

How Today's Top Authors Find the Right Balance for the "Literary Thriller"

Jean Kwok asks authors how they approach reader and artistic demands.

By Jean Kwok | October 11, 2023

“A Matter of Opinion”: Three Crimes and the Myths Surrounding Them

“A Matter of Opinion”: Three Crimes and the Myths Surrounding Them

"Each of these crimes has generated decades’ worth of mythology, some of it so far from the truth that the actual story isn’t recognizable in its own mythos."

By Sam Rebelein | October 10, 2023

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J.M. Redmann on A Lifetime of Crafting Queer Crime Fiction

By Ellen Hart | October 10, 2023

Writing Influences: A Cuban-Miami Identity & the Periphery of Santeria

By Vanessa Montalban | October 10, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | October 9, 2023

The LAPD Films of Ron Shelton, Twenty Years Later

The LAPD Films of Ron Shelton, Twenty Years Later

Dark Blue and Hollywood Homicide were unfairly dismissed by audiences and critics. They deserved better.

By Vince Keenan | October 6, 2023

Jesse Q. Sutanto on Toxic Friendships, Shrinking Attention Spans, and Finding the Muse

Jesse Q. Sutanto on Toxic Friendships, Shrinking Attention Spans, and Finding the Muse

"My characters are very well-behaved because they know I won't hesitate to kill them if they dare stray from the outline."

By Molly Odintz | October 6, 2023

The Four Corners of Subjectivity

The Four Corners of Subjectivity

How do crime writers get readers to "care about" characters who do terrible things?

By Jake Lamar | October 6, 2023

Following Agatha Christie’s Footsteps in Torquay

Following Agatha Christie’s Footsteps in Torquay

Kavitha Rao on the unique pleasures of attending the International Agatha Christie Festival

By Kavitha Rao | October 5, 2023

Shop Talk: Lou Berney Is a Fanatical Believer in Naps

Shop Talk: Lou Berney Is a Fanatical Believer in Naps

Crime writers discuss ritual, craft, and learning that there's no one way to finish a novel.

By Eli Cranor | October 5, 2023

How Paul Vidich Builds His World of Spies

How Paul Vidich Builds His World of Spies

In Vidich's top-flight spy novels, the stories keep getting deeper and the deceptions more complex.

By Peter Handel | October 5, 2023

The Western Meets Weird Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

The Western Meets Weird Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

Hats. Boots. Tentacles...? On the inherently wonderful mashup of Western settings and weird stories.

By CrimeReads | October 4, 2023

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