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Anything You Don’t See: Some Ghosts of Southern Brooklyn

Anything You Don’t See: Some Ghosts of Southern Brooklyn

William Boyle on Brooklyn in the final days before 9-11

By William Boyle | November 2, 2021

A Crime Novelist's Mea Culpa

A Crime Novelist's Mea Culpa

"I confess that in my novel there is a beautiful corpse, and that she is female. I may have chosen not to creepily linger on the details of her body as she lays on the slab at the morgue, but she is still there."

By Eloísa Díaz | November 2, 2021

Alex Schulman: In Order To Heal From The Trauma of My Past, I Had To Stop Ignoring It

Alex Schulman: In Order To Heal From The Trauma of My Past, I Had To Stop Ignoring It

"The past lives, and perhaps our power lies in how we interpret it"

By Alex Schulman | November 1, 2021

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

An African capital with turbulent politics and an impressive literary output.

By Paul French | November 1, 2021

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

"We’re wired for small-scale, agonistic conflict, where we feel, at a gut level, that we have agency."

By Joy Castro | November 1, 2021

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

Nicci French on the fine line that divides everyday life and the raw material of psychological thrillers.

By Nicci French | October 29, 2021

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Scary Monsters and Spooky Freaks: Bernie Wrightson Unleashed

Scary Monsters and Spooky Freaks: Bernie Wrightson Unleashed

With his dark, twisted visions and a deep commitment to his art, Bernie Wrightson changed the world of comics.

By Michael Gonzales | October 27, 2021

How to Have Sex in Crime Fiction

How to Have Sex in Crime Fiction

Amita Murray on pleasure, power, and the women having sex in Agatha Christie novels.

By Amita Murray | October 26, 2021

The Crime Novels of Frankfurt

The Crime Novels of Frankfurt

Germany's fifth largest city has a bad rap for being boring. Behind all those book fairs and convention centers, there's a mystery.

By Paul French | October 25, 2021

The Monsters of Maple Falls

The Monsters of Maple Falls

On suspected serial killers, unsolved disappearances, and stumbled-upon remains in Whatcom County, Washington.

By Spencer Kope | October 25, 2021

John Banville: How Bram Stoker's <em>Dracula</em> Became a Surprising, Deathless Classic

John Banville: How Bram Stoker's Dracula Became a Surprising, Deathless Classic

More than a century later, the novel still invites revisits and reinterpretations. It's also much stranger than you might remember.

By John Banville | October 22, 2021

The Detection Club and the Mid-Century Fight over “Fair Play” in Crime Fiction

The Detection Club and the Mid-Century Fight over “Fair Play” in Crime Fiction

While the club clung to pure detection as a prerequisite for admission, members' own tastes were far more divided.

By Curtis Evans | October 22, 2021

How Being a Firefighter Prepares You to Write Crime Fiction

How Being a Firefighter Prepares You to Write Crime Fiction

For starters, you better know how to pick a lock.

By Tony Knighton | October 22, 2021

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