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    Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

    Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

    The human brain works in fascinating, diverse ways, and authors should strive to represent those modes in fiction.

    By Josh Stallings | January 20, 2021

    The Most Notorious Lonely Hearts Killers of All-Time

    The Most Notorious Lonely Hearts Killers of All-Time

    Six serial killers who found their victims through personal ads

    By Camilla Bruce | January 20, 2021

    Lizzie Borden's House Is <br>Up For Sale

    Lizzie Borden's House Is
    Up For Sale

    Looking for a new place to quarantine? For only 2 million dollars, the Borden's Fall River manor house could be yours!

    By Molly Odintz | January 15, 2021

    Detective Fiction and Dementia: A Biopsy

    Detective Fiction and Dementia: A Biopsy

    What does the intersection of detective fiction and Alzheimer’s disease tell us about the paths of mysteries and the course of this tragic disease?

    By Frederick Weisel | January 15, 2021

    A Novel Is So Much More Than Just The Sum of Its Parts

    A Novel Is So Much More Than Just The Sum of Its Parts

    After launching a new series in a new setting, P.J. Tracy reflects on the meaning of novelist synergy.

    By P.J. Tracy | January 15, 2021

    Lisa Montgomery: The Life and Crimes of the Last Woman on Federal Death Row

    Lisa Montgomery: The Life and Crimes of the Last Woman on Federal Death Row

    Criminal Broads Presents: Fatal Obsession

    By Tori Telfer | January 14, 2021

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    I Grew Up In Apartheid South Africa. I Know What White Supremacists Look Like.

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    The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

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    By Olivia Rutigliano | January 12, 2021

    Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone <br>But The Dog

    Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone
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    Sulari Gentill on crime fiction's most unbreakable rule

    By Sulari Gentill | January 12, 2021

    ‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

    ‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

    From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

    By Christopher Fowler | January 11, 2021

    All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

    All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

    What's more suspenseful than waiting on a letter from someone with a story to tell?

    By Amy Stewart | January 11, 2021

    Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

    Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

    In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

    By Craig Pittman | January 8, 2021

    My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

    My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

    Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

    By Rick Pullen | January 7, 2021

    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Fifty years later, the investigation into the mysterious death of actor George Reeves, TV's Superman, still resonates.

    By Sabina Stent | January 7, 2021

    Juana Barraza: The Woman Who Was Killing Mexico's Elderly Women

    Juana Barraza: The Woman Who Was Killing Mexico's Elderly Women

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