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    The Elusive Crime Novels of Prague

    The Elusive Crime Novels of Prague

    Crime and the City visits the land of Kafka and asks why more Czech mysteries aren't translated into English.

    By Paul French | January 27, 2020

    Me and the G-Man

    Me and the G-Man

    A crime writer's research sparks an unlikely
    friendship with an FBI agent

    By Nina Sadowsky | January 27, 2020

    What We Write About When We Write About the Past

    What We Write About When We Write About the Past

    How to make historical fiction true to its time period, without making it stuffy. (Hint: the devil is in the details.)

    By Raymond Fleishchmann | January 24, 2020

    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    The books pushing at the boundaries of true crime storytelling.

    By Tobias Carroll | January 24, 2020

    No Such Thing As a Nice Guy: Reading Andrea Dworkin and Watching <em>You</em>

    No Such Thing As a Nice Guy: Reading Andrea Dworkin and Watching You

    Joe isn't a serial killer. He's a batterer. And his reform is just part of the cycle of abuse.

    By Torrey Crim | January 22, 2020

    How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder

    How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder

    On Writing Trauma and Healing Through Fiction

    By L.A. Villafane | January 22, 2020

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    Searching for a Los Angeles Cop Novel of My Own

    By Lee Goldberg | January 21, 2020

    Why Montana Inspires So Many Great Crime Authors

    By Chad Dundas | January 21, 2020

    Family Annihilation and
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    By Ani Katz | January 17, 2020

    What Books Would You Most Want To See Transformed into a Film or Series?

    What Books Would You Most Want To See Transformed into a Film or Series?

    A Political Thriller Writer's On-screen Adaptation Wishlist

    By Chris Hauty | January 17, 2020

    The Horrors and Ironies of Solovetsky Prison

    The Horrors and Ironies of Solovetsky Prison

    Inside the Soviet Union's Worst Gulag

    By James L. May | January 17, 2020

    Golden Age Hollywood was Full of Ex-Cons

    Golden Age Hollywood was Full of Ex-Cons

    On Booth and Tasker, the formerly incarcerated screenwriters who brought authenticity to early Hollywood crime cinema.

    By Vince Keenan | January 16, 2020

    Thrillers Pick Up Where Romance Leaves Off

    Thrillers Pick Up Where Romance Leaves Off

    Or, What Happens After the Kiss?

    By Tanen Jones | January 15, 2020

    Why Crime Writers Have to Travel

    Why Crime Writers Have to Travel

    On the importance of setting and atmosphere—and the surreal Icelandic summer.

    By Nick Petrie | January 15, 2020

    Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

    Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

    An author pursues her obsessions.

    By Daneet Steffens | January 15, 2020

    Soul Assassin: The Brief Life and Death of Jerome Johnson

    Soul Assassin: The Brief Life and Death of Jerome Johnson

    In 1971, somebody hired a young Black man to assassinate an Italian mafia boss. Five decades later, the mystery continues.

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