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    Susie Steiner: An Appreciation

    Susie Steiner: An Appreciation

    On the author of the Manon Bradshaw novels who passed away earlier this month.

    By Frederick Weisel | July 14, 2022

    London and the Long, Dark shadow of Charles Dickens

    London and the Long, Dark shadow of Charles Dickens

    How do you write about a place that has been written about so much, and so famously?

    By Simon Toyne | July 14, 2022

    Nadine Matheson: In the Mind of a Killer

    Nadine Matheson: In the Mind of a Killer

    The author considers whether her work as a criminal defense lawyer allows her to more easily move into the minds of killers.

    By Nadine Matheson | July 13, 2022

    Theater and Other <br>Criminal Acts

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    By Ann Aptaker | July 13, 2022

    Adventures in Writing Time Travel

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    Kelley Armstrong on all the details you need to get right to believably whisk your characters (and your readers) into the past

    By Kelley Armstrong | July 13, 2022

    Closeness Breeds Contempt: On Small Town Mysteries

    Closeness Breeds Contempt: On Small Town Mysteries

    "The minute something really bad happens in a small community, locals start to wonder where the rot came from..."

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    A Beginner's Guide to Using (and Exploding) Horror Tropes

    A Beginner's Guide to Using (and Exploding) Horror Tropes

    "A trope can be as complex and metaphorical as a labyrinthine haunted house, or as a simple as the image of a bloody knife."

    By Eva V. Gibson | July 11, 2022

    Munich: Raise a Beer to Southern German Crime Writing

    Munich: Raise a Beer to Southern German Crime Writing

    Crime and the City visits the Bavarian capital

    By Paul French | July 11, 2022

    All Falked Up

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    On the big heart of Columbo and the uniqueness of its star

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    Debt Plays a Key Role in Crime Fiction – But What About Student Loan Debt?

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    Why Being a Woman Is the Perfect Preparation for Writing Psychological Suspense

    Why Being a Woman Is the Perfect Preparation for Writing Psychological Suspense

    Sarah Vaughan on vigilance, doubt, abuse, and how it all seeps into psychological thrillers.

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