• Essays

    Unusual and Iconic Tales of Intentional Poisonings

    Kate Khavari on the long and sordid history of murder by poison

    June 17, 2022  By Kate Khavari
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    Want to Write a Great Mystery? Read a Great Romance.

    Mindy Carlson on lessons learned from a pandemic-inspired turn toward romance novels.

    June 16, 2022  By Mindy Carlson
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    The Story of Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and Quite Possibly the Strangest American Crime Film of the 1970s

    Prime Cut was a movie filled with stars – and violent, grotesque meat metaphors. Also, it was a mirror for the decade's American experience.

    June 16, 2022  By Andrew Nette
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    The Constellation of Possibilities: An Approach to Writing Historical Fiction

    Matt Bondurant on a natural disaster, a discovered photograph, and the craft exercise that followed.

    June 15, 2022  By Matt Bondurant
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    A Real Desire to Write Fake Lawyers

    Joey Hartstone always thought he wanted to be a lawyer. But maybe just wanted to be a lawyer in a story.

    June 15, 2022  By Joey Hartstone
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    On Revenge Porn, Cyberstalking & Other Modern Privacy Problems

    "Like many of us, I have an uneasy truce with what technology has wrought with respect to my privacy."

    June 14, 2022  By Nina Sadowsky
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    The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

    The trick is to have your spies embrace "techniques that used to be valuable, but are probably hardly ever employed these days."

    June 14, 2022  By Richard A. Clarke
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    How A Break-In and A Blizzard Shaped April Henry's New Mystery

    "As a result, Two Truths and a Lie has far more truths than lies."

    June 13, 2022  By April Henry
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    Early Modern Medicine, Poison & Apothecary

    On the range of cures, effective or otherwise, available in the seventeenth century.

    June 10, 2022  By Joanne Burn
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    Don’t Stop Believing: Mystery at the Heart of The Sopranos

    15 years after it went off the air, the show's commitment to spirituality and ambiguity still set it apart.

    June 10, 2022  By Zach Vasquez
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