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Scott Turow on the One Character Who Keeps Coming Back to Him, Again and Again

Scott Turow on the One Character Who Keeps Coming Back to Him, Again and Again

On Kindle County, Sandy Stern, and a career in novels.

By Scott Turow | May 12, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #17

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #17

The Public Enemy (1931)

By Otto Penzler | May 12, 2020

Genre Labels: What Makes a Book More Thriller Than Sci-Fi?

Genre Labels: What Makes a Book More Thriller Than Sci-Fi?

An author examines the borderlands of two closely related genres.

By S. L. Huang | May 11, 2020

A Police Officer's Guide to Common, Avoidable Errors in Crime Fiction

A Police Officer's Guide to Common, Avoidable Errors in Crime Fiction

Don't reach for the safety, authors. That's a revolver in your hand.

By Chris Berg and Paul James Smith | May 8, 2020

My First Thriller: <br>Michael Connelly

My First Thriller:
Michael Connelly

How the creator of Harry Bosch discovered Chandler, forged a career, overcame rejection, and got his first book published.

By Rick Pullen | May 7, 2020

Hollywood’s Women in Criminal Justice: Sometimes Fact, Sometimes Fiction

Hollywood’s Women in Criminal Justice: Sometimes Fact, Sometimes Fiction

Finding a version of the truth in a roster of fictional women lawyers.

By Karen Stefano | May 7, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

A Strange, Existentially Chilling Pilgrimage to Kurt Wallander's Hometown, Ystad

By Wendy Lesser | May 6, 2020

That Time Wallace Stevens Punched Ernest Hemingway in the Face

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 6, 2020

Reading Gillian Flynn's Women, I Found a Dark, Complex Truth—and My New Sanctuary

By Casey Dunn | May 6, 2020

Cosmic Horror: The Worst Possible Discoveries a Detective Could Make

Cosmic Horror: The Worst Possible Discoveries a Detective Could Make

In Lovecraft and his many imitators, we find the answers to the deepest of life's mysteries...

By Scott Kenemore | May 6, 2020

Shooting the Front Page Photo in the 1930s

Shooting the Front Page Photo in the 1930s

How Press Photographers Created The Visual Definition of Noir

By Amanda Quick | May 5, 2020

How Having Kids Can Change Your Life—And Your Horror Fiction

How Having Kids Can Change Your Life—And Your Horror Fiction

On family, fear, and evolving reading and writing habits.

By Ramsey Campbell | May 4, 2020

Reading Camus' <em>The Plague</em> in the Midst of a Pandemic

Reading Camus' The Plague in the Midst of a Pandemic

Snapshot of a London Lockdown

By Ray Leigh | May 4, 2020

Christie & Sayers <br>& Allingham & Tey

Christie & Sayers
& Allingham & Tey

Celebrating the Crime Queens of the Golden Age

By Guy Fraser-Sampson | May 4, 2020

How Dogs Become Detectives

How Dogs Become Detectives

Cadaver dogs perform a difficult, important task in law enforcement. It all begins with a tennis ball and a game.

By Kylie Logan | May 4, 2020

The New Wave of Private Eye Fiction

The New Wave of Private Eye Fiction

Today's PIs are more diverse and share community bonds. But the crime fiction world still has a long way to go to get out from the shadow of the loner white knight.

By Halley Sutton | May 1, 2020

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