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    How Romance Heightens Gothic Thrillers

    How Romance Heightens Gothic Thrillers

    Romantic suspense writer Lisa Harris has plenty of tips for seamlessly blending romance into your thrillers.

    By Lisa Harris | November 9, 2020

    Why Narrative Structure Is One of the Crime Writer's Most Valuable Tools

    Why Narrative Structure Is One of the Crime Writer's Most Valuable Tools

    When it comes to suspense, it's all about perspective and structure.

    By Sara Foster | November 7, 2020

    No Badges: Running for the Border in American Noir

    No Badges: Running for the Border in American Noir

    Crossing the border is deeply woven into the DNA of noir fiction. But what that border represents is ever-shifting.

    By Christopher Brown | November 6, 2020

    London's First Police Force Was Established by Novelist Henry Fielding and His Brother

    London's First Police Force Was Established by Novelist Henry Fielding and His Brother

    In 1749, Henry Fielding devised a plan for the Bow Street Runners, a group of men given permission to confront suspected criminals.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | November 6, 2020

    High Life: The Carnegie Deli Murders

    High Life: The Carnegie Deli Murders

    In 2001, Michael Gonzales visited the apartment of a hospitable actress and dealer. Soon it would be the site of a notorious murder.

    By Michael Gonzales | November 5, 2020

    How to Gracefully Subject Your Detectives to the Vicissitudes of Time

    How to Gracefully Subject Your Detectives to the Vicissitudes of Time

    "A series in which the protagonist ages with the years becomes in effect a long novel, the record of a life..."

    By Dominic Martell | November 5, 2020

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    A Few Thoughts and Speculations on the State of Irish Crime Fiction

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    In a Pandemic World, We're All Engaging in Speculative Fiction

    In a Pandemic World, We're All Engaging in Speculative Fiction

    Fiction writers have long tried to figure out how the world, and our relationship to it, might change after cataclysm.

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    How a Peaceful Morning on the Lake Becomes a Murder Mystery

    How a Peaceful Morning on the Lake Becomes a Murder Mystery

    Every year, Lake of the Ozarks sees an influx of millions and a flood of cash. Of course there's going to be crime.

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    All the Famous Writers Who Have Reportedly Come Back as Ghosts

    All the Famous Writers Who Have Reportedly Come Back as Ghosts

    Ghost writers, not ghostwriters.

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    <em>Arsenic and Old Lace</em>, Frank Capra's

    Arsenic and Old Lace, Frank Capra's "Halloween Tale of Brooklyn," Is the perfect film for the season

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    My First Thriller: Scott Turow

    My First Thriller: Scott Turow

    For eight years, he wrote in thirty minute bursts on a commuter train. Then, he had himself a blockbuster novel.

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    My City of Crime—Real and Imagined

    My City of Crime—Real and Imagined

    Washington, D.C. is my hometown. But I had to consider the city anew when I started my series.

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