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What I Learned from Book Clubs Reading My Novels

What I Learned from Book Clubs Reading My Novels

"For an invited author, book clubs are not salons."

By Frederick Weisel | March 13, 2023

Roadmapping Poker Face’s First-Season

Roadmapping Poker Face’s First-Season

Rian Johnson’s case-of-the-week mystery series plays with many different episode structures. Justin Hairston breaks them down.

By Justin Hairston | March 10, 2023

Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

Amanda Traylor on commercial thrillers, entertainment, and finding characters who are engaged with the world around them.

By Amanda Traylor | March 10, 2023

John Rechy Remembers His Friend, Writer Henry Turner

John Rechy Remembers His Friend, Writer Henry Turner

The Edgar and Anthony-nominated author lives on in his vivid characters and lyrical prose.

By John Rechy | March 10, 2023

Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

"Place makes us in ways both big and small—it shapes our language, our occupations, the pace at which we live."

By Erica Waters | March 10, 2023

On the Hazy, Ethereal Noir of <em>Inherent Vice</em>

On the Hazy, Ethereal Noir of Inherent Vice

Ethan Warren explains how Paul Thomas Anderson figured out how to capture the essence of the "un-adaptatble" Thomas Pynchon novel.

By Ethan Warren | March 9, 2023

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Roy Thomas on the History of Doctor Strange

By Roy Thomas | March 9, 2023

The Backlist: Revisiting Tim O'Brien's 'In the Lake of the Woods' with Angie Kim

By Polly Stewart | March 9, 2023

Spirits, Scams and the Victorian Séance

By Sarah Penner | March 9, 2023

We Got the Guy … Now What? A Look at Community Responses to Crime In Fiction

We Got the Guy … Now What? A Look at Community Responses to Crime In Fiction

Charlene Allen on novels that "highlight the community’s role in responding to crime where institutions fall short"

By Charlene Allen | March 9, 2023

Witch Lit: Five Novels Featuring Witchcraft

Witch Lit: Five Novels Featuring Witchcraft

'“Witch lit” is a reminder that misogyny echoes through time. But it can also be a powerful, even joyful, reclamation of female strength and mystery"

By Emilia Hart | March 8, 2023

On Social Justice and Crime Stories

On Social Justice and Crime Stories

Anne Burt looks at "four recent crime novels that seamlessly thread issues of social justice throughout their propulsive storytelling."

By Anne Burt | March 8, 2023

The Ballad of Cary Grant's Suit in <em>North by Northwest</em>

The Ballad of Cary Grant's Suit in North by Northwest

It's more than a suit. It's the star of the movie, and a perfectly indestructible cultural force.

By Todd McEwen | March 7, 2023

Blurred Lines: When a Novel's Author Is Also Its Narrator

Blurred Lines: When a Novel's Author Is Also Its Narrator

William Landay on a favorite conceit, one that may be particularly well suited to the current moment.

By William Landay | March 7, 2023

Mysteries Featuring Anonymous Notes As Catalysts

Mysteries Featuring Anonymous Notes As Catalysts

"The typical poison pen letter doesn’t demand money or favors to purchase peace. It exists—at least at first—solely to torment."

By Deanna Raybourn | March 7, 2023

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 | March 6, 2023

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