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    There Is No Crime Fiction Without Politics

    There Is No Crime Fiction Without Politics

    Some writers think books shouldn't be political. Vanessa Lillie, author of a new thriller about white privilege and restorative justice, couldn't disagree more.

    By Vanessa Lillie | September 16, 2020

    Lee Child on Why He Edited a Book Dedicated to Nicotine

    Lee Child on Why He Edited a Book Dedicated to Nicotine

    A Faulty Delivery System

    By Lee Child | September 15, 2020

    19th Century Reading Habits Come To Light Via Delightful Comments Scrawled in the Margins of a Crime Novel

    19th Century Reading Habits Come To Light Via Delightful Comments Scrawled in the Margins of a Crime Novel

    The peculiar marginalia of Lt. Gen. Coote Synge-Hutchinson

    By Curtis Evans | September 14, 2020

    How To Use Multiple Points of View To Generate Story Tension

    How To Use Multiple Points of View To Generate Story Tension

    On coming of age stories, childhood terrors, and bringing fresh points of view to writing large-cast narratives.

    By Christina Henry | September 14, 2020

    Why I Always Feature Dogs in My Novels

    Why I Always Feature Dogs in My Novels

    Lorenzo Carcaterra remembers his loyal writing companion, an Olde English Bulldogge named Gus.

    By Lorenzo Carcaterra | September 14, 2020

    Alexander McCall Smith: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Alexander McCall Smith: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Exploring the vast, big-hearted world of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency—and a truly prolific career.

    By Neil Nyren | September 11, 2020

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    Eleanor Roosevelt's Son Authored Twenty Mysteries in which His Mother Solves Murders

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    The Black Dahlia: The Long, Strange History of Los Angeles' Coldest Cold Case

    By Miles Corwin | September 10, 2020

    How Josephine Tey Crafted a Masterpiece of Paranoia in Postwar England

    By Antonia Fraser | September 10, 2020

    In Search of America's Rarest Unknown Books by Renowned Writers

    In Search of America's Rarest Unknown Books by Renowned Writers

    Browsing bookshop shelves you may come across hidden treasures.

    By Bradford Morrow | September 9, 2020

    Why Indigenous Crime Fiction Matters

    Why Indigenous Crime Fiction Matters

    There is a long and complex history of crime fiction by Native authors. Their books are as important as ever.

    By David Heska Wanbli Weiden | September 9, 2020

    The Very Brief Heyday of Crime Beat Magazine

    The Very Brief Heyday of Crime Beat Magazine

    Crime Beat ahead of its time or a sign of divisions to come?">For two years in the 1990s, horror writer T.E.D. Klein edited the "newsmagazine of crime." Was Crime Beat ahead of its time or a sign of divisions to come?

    By Tobias Carroll | September 9, 2020

    MS-13: How Neo-Colonial Violence and Exploitation Gave Birth to America's Most Notorious Gang

    MS-13: How Neo-Colonial Violence and Exploitation Gave Birth to America's Most Notorious Gang

    "The gang is the bastard child that no one wants to acknowledge from an affair that most choose to ignore."

    By Steven Dudley | September 8, 2020

    How to Start Your Own Cult in Five Easy Steps

    How to Start Your Own Cult in Five Easy Steps

    The world is in shambles these days, which has got author August Norman thinking about starting a cult of his own.

    By August Norman | September 8, 2020

    Exorcisms: A Brief History of Banishing Demons

    Exorcisms: A Brief History of Banishing Demons

    Exorcism, a once controversial rite, is as popular as ever. But the practice spans centuries, beliefs, and cultures.

    By Joseph P. Laycock | September 8, 2020

    When Speculative Fiction Becomes Reality

    When Speculative Fiction Becomes Reality

    My 2018 novel The Warehouse came eerily close to predicting 2020—but hope is not yet lost.

    By Rob Hart | September 8, 2020

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