• Essays

    Damascus: Crime Writing in the World’s Oldest Capital City

    Crime and the City surveys the crime literature of Syria's capital

    August 8, 2022  By Paul French
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    The Art of Accidentally Writing a Thriller

    Tyrell Johnson on writing, respecting plot, and discovering a genre

    August 8, 2022  By Tyrell Johnson
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    Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel

    "[A]sk yourself: What does my main character need most on her journey—and how can my love interest provide that?"

    August 8, 2022  By Elissa Grossell Dickey
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    The Veteran Experience in Speculative Fiction

    "[W]hen you think about it, [it] is somewhat unsettling. In order for writers to have authentic stories of fictional battlefields, they must first survive real world battlefields..."

    August 8, 2022  By Zak Topping
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    Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

    Olivia Rutigliano on the new Gen-Z-focused whodunnit-slasher-comedy

    August 5, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    What Can Cooking School Teach a Mystery Writer?

    "Many of the skills taught in cooking school...are similar and parallel to those required to write a compelling story."

    August 5, 2022  By Leslie Karst
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    High Noon in Bedford Falls: 'Cop Land' at 25 

    The 1997 film from James Mangold was part western, part noir, and a deeply nuanced portrait of America.

    August 5, 2022  By Zach Vasquez
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    The Philosophy of Crimes Without Memory

    "How much are we being manipulated by our recollections? Are we our lives or our memories?"

    August 5, 2022  By Michael Paul Kozlowsky
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    The Crime of My Life

    A crime reporter turned his investigative skills toward an old family crime with deep contemporary relevance and finds himself implicated

    August 4, 2022  By Baynard Woods
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    One Night in Tehran, August 1953: The Law of Unintended Consequences

    Tom Bradby on lingering imperialism, the coup, and the moments that reverberated through history.

    August 4, 2022  By Tom Bradby
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