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How One Author with Aphantasia Builds Fictional Worlds

How One Author with Aphantasia Builds Fictional Worlds

Into the darkness—writing when your mind is a void

By Dea Poirier | July 28, 2021

Rules for Writing Romantic Suspense

Rules for Writing Romantic Suspense

Your love story needs to be as genuine as your thriller plot is compelling—and for heaven's sake, don't let your readers down!

By Meg Tilly | July 28, 2021

A Recipe For Hardboiled Fiction

A Recipe For Hardboiled Fiction

Breaking down the essential ingredients of crime fiction in five perfect thrillers.

By Terry Roberts | July 27, 2021

Crime Novels Set on the Greek Islands: Sun, Souvlaki and Sinister Types

Crime Novels Set on the Greek Islands: Sun, Souvlaki and Sinister Types

Crime and the City goes island-hopping in search of mystery.

By Paul French | July 26, 2021

A Cozy Mystery Writer on the History of Class and Tea

A Cozy Mystery Writer on the History of Class and Tea

Wealthy drawing rooms, middle class parlors, working-class tea houses: on the many ways that the British take their tea.

By Vicki Delany | July 26, 2021

Toxic Masculinity in Psychological Thrillers

Toxic Masculinity in Psychological Thrillers

"Toxic masculinity negatively impacts all of us. This might be why psychological suspense so often includes dramatic instances of it."

By Caitlin Wahrer | July 26, 2021

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How Detective Fiction Helps A Forensic Psychiatrist in Her Work With Violent Offenders

How Detective Fiction Helps A Forensic Psychiatrist in Her Work With Violent Offenders

"The reason for evil in the world is that people are unable to tell their stories."

By Dr. Gwen Adshead | July 22, 2021

Villains and Victims: The Role of Animals in Crime Fiction

Villains and Victims: The Role of Animals in Crime Fiction

Why it's time to do away with literary taboos and confront violence against animals.

By Greg Buchanan | July 22, 2021

Why Has Jeffrey Dahmer Become A Household Name, While The Names of His Victims Are Forgotten?

Why Has Jeffrey Dahmer Become A Household Name, While The Names of His Victims Are Forgotten?

There's a thin line between trying to understand a killer's motivations and justifying their actions.

By Willa C. Richards | July 22, 2021

When Exactly Was 'The Golden Age' of Detective Fiction? It's a Mystery.

When Exactly Was 'The Golden Age' of Detective Fiction? It's a Mystery.

"Defining what is a mystery is just as elusive as pinpointing its invention."

By Otto Penzler | July 21, 2021

How To Turn Your Happy Place Into a Setting for A Psychological Thriller

How To Turn Your Happy Place Into a Setting for A Psychological Thriller

"Knowing a place inside and out means I can write a page-turner about it."

By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore | July 21, 2021

Crime Fiction in San Francisco: From Barbary Coast to Tech Noir

Crime Fiction in San Francisco: From Barbary Coast to Tech Noir

The City by the Bay has a literary tradition like no other.

By Paul French | July 19, 2021

We Need More Victim-Focused Narratives

We Need More Victim-Focused Narratives

Fiction is the perfect medium for exploring the long shadows of terrible crimes—so why aren't there more stories told by survivors?

By Amanda Kabak | July 19, 2021

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