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You've Probably Already Heard, but <em>Monk</em> is Coming Back

You've Probably Already Heard, but Monk is Coming Back

It's a jungle out there, but at least we have this

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 16, 2023

Shop Talk: How Nita Prose Wrote a Bestseller in Shifts, Working at Dawn and Dusk

Shop Talk: How Nita Prose Wrote a Bestseller in Shifts, Working at Dawn and Dusk

Crime writers talking craft, routine, and balancing the work with day jobs.

By Eli Cranor | March 16, 2023

Ashes in the Aspic: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding’s Life and Short Crime Fiction

Ashes in the Aspic: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding’s Life and Short Crime Fiction

"Elisabeth Sanxay Holding [wrote] fiction which dared to divulge unsavory truths about her society..."

By Curtis Evans | March 16, 2023

I Was a Teenage Pop Culture Detective

I Was a Teenage Pop Culture Detective

Hector DeJean on the delights of discovering cultural offerings in the days before the internet.

By Hector DeJean | March 16, 2023

Writing the Forest and the Trees

Writing the Forest and the Trees

"I consciously constructed each detail, because living somewhere so different made me hyper-aware of each detail."

By Vibhuti Jain | March 16, 2023

Oscar Isaac will play Kurt Vonnegut in a new crime series

Oscar Isaac will play Kurt Vonnegut in a new crime series

In the show, before Vonnegut becomes a successful author, he hunts a murderer on Cape Cod. Apparently.

By Dan Sheehan | March 15, 2023

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J.A. Jance on Creating Believable Characters

By J.A. Jance | March 15, 2023

James R. Benn On Finding Inspiration in the Strangeness of Everyday Moments

By James R. Benn | March 15, 2023

A Sense of Place and The Weight of History: On Setting and Fiction

By Ian Moore | March 15, 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 13, 2023

The Joys of Researching Your Next Novel

The Joys of Researching Your Next Novel

Connor Sullivan on cold calls, reality TV, and secret branches of US Intelligence.

By Connor Sullivan | March 13, 2023

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

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