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    How the Dutch Practice of Blindfolding Teenagers and Leaving Them in the Woods Inspired One Expat Writer To Write a Thriller

    How the Dutch Practice of Blindfolding Teenagers and Leaving Them in the Woods Inspired One Expat Writer To Write a Thriller

    Nina Siegal lived in the Netherlands for fifteen years before she learned about the "droppings."

    By Nina Siegal | March 23, 2021

    Jacqueline Winspear: How I Became A Mystery Writer While Breaking Every Rule

    Jacqueline Winspear: How I Became A Mystery Writer While Breaking Every Rule

    The author of the iconic Maisie Dobbs series remembers her early days as an author and questions the nature of genre.

    By Jacqueline Winspear | March 23, 2021

    Can Novelists Predict the Future?

    Can Novelists Predict the Future?

    Thriller authors aren't prophets—but sometimes, their writing ends up eerily close to events to come.

    By Joel C. Rosenberg | March 23, 2021

    Hiding in Plain Sight: How Criminals Use Public Perception to Commit Crimes

    Hiding in Plain Sight: How Criminals Use Public Perception to Commit Crimes

    What did Ted Bundy and Bernie Madoff have in common? They knew how to keep up an appearance.

    By Nick Martell | March 22, 2021

    An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?

    An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?

    "The opioid epidemic is a web that has been carefully created and meticulously woven by healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies, politicians, lawmakers and legislators."

    By Christina McDonald | March 22, 2021

    That Time Scientists Discovered a Creature in Loch Ness and Then Realized It Was a Sunken Prop from <em>The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</em>

    That Time Scientists Discovered a Creature in Loch Ness and Then Realized It Was a Sunken Prop from The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    An amazing example of life imitating art, concerning a movie about how the Loch Ness Monster isn't really the Loch Ness Monster.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 22, 2021

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    By Rod Davis | March 19, 2021

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    Fifty Years Later, <em>Get Carter</em> Is Still the Iconic British Gangster Film

    Fifty Years Later, Get Carter Is Still the Iconic British Gangster Film

    How the Michael Caine revenge flick attained cult status and changed the face of British crime cinema.

    By Andrew Nette | March 18, 2021

    Why Are We Obsessed With Psychopaths?

    Why Are We Obsessed With Psychopaths?

    "Most of us aren’t thinking about clearing space in the bathroom cabinet for our ‘lovable’ psychopath’s toothbrush...but we seem to find ourselves drawn to them."

    By Nadine Matheson | March 18, 2021

    This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch <em>The Fugitive</em>

    This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch The Fugitive

    Most people don't realize that the beloved thriller is a "Saint Patrick's Day movie," or even what that means, but it is. Oh, it is.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 17, 2021

    On Keeping Chickens in the Literary Enclave of Oxford, Mississippi

    On Keeping Chickens in the Literary Enclave of Oxford, Mississippi

    Melissa Ginsburg contemplates the meaning of community during lockdown, and delivers eggs to her neighbors.

    By Melissa Ginsburg | March 16, 2021

    Forever Trespassing Into History: An Author's Reflections on Retelling Historical Episodes as Fiction

    Forever Trespassing Into History: An Author's Reflections on Retelling Historical Episodes as Fiction

    In 1900, three lighthouse keepers disappeared from a post in the Outer Hebrides. It was a story Emma Stonex needed to tell.

    By Emma Stonex | March 16, 2021

    How Reading Mystery Novels Made Me a Better Fantasy Writer

    How Reading Mystery Novels Made Me a Better Fantasy Writer

    Studying the craft behind a great mystery novel is a worthy endeavor for writers working in any genre.

    By Kim Neville | March 16, 2021

    Discover the Weird, Mythical, Mystical World of <em>Fire Bones</em>

    Discover the Weird, Mythical, Mystical World of Fire Bones

    William Boyle on a new transmedia work steeped in noir and Deep South carnivalesque

    By William Boyle | March 15, 2021

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