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    What We Relate To When We Relate to Books

    Is it the characters, or the scenario?

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    The Evolution of Dennis Lehane

    The Evolution of Dennis Lehane

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    How To Write Realistically About Politics and Current Events When the Real World Can Be Stranger Than Fiction

    How To Write Realistically About Politics and Current Events When the Real World Can Be Stranger Than Fiction

    Tips from a political thriller writer on how to keep your writing relevant in a constantly changing world.

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    Pain Is Universal—That's What Binds All of Crime Fiction Together

    Pain Is Universal—That's What Binds All of Crime Fiction Together

    From traditional mysteries to hardboiled noirs to psychological thrillers, there's a thread of pain through the books we love.

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    A Cold War Hot Spot, A Neighborhood Crime, and the Meaning of Home

    A Cold War Hot Spot, A Neighborhood Crime, and the Meaning of Home

    Growing up in the Fulda Gap was tense enough. Then the murder of a child in my small town took away my last illusions of shelter.

    By Alexandra Burt | July 21, 2020

    How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

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    How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

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    Let's Not Forget the Time Mario Vargas Llosa Sucker Punched Gabriel García Márquez

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