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    5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

    5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

    Learning to write suspense, one scary movie at a time.

    By Lisa Black | October 29, 2019

    My First Day As a Crime Scene Cleaner

    My First Day As a Crime Scene Cleaner

    On Hauntings, Murder, and the Terrifying Blankness of Erasure

    By J. W. Ocker | October 28, 2019

    How to Write Crime Fiction Set in the Near Future

    How to Write Crime Fiction Set in the Near Future

    "It isn’t so much about what’s possible, but what’s plausible."

    By Steven James | October 28, 2019

    We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

    We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

    Steph Cha looks at the divides of the crime writing community.

    By Steph Cha | October 25, 2019

    Jane Toppan: Nurse, Caregiver, Serial Killer

    Jane Toppan: Nurse, Caregiver, Serial Killer

    Criminal Broads Presents: The Jolly One

    By Tori Telfer | October 24, 2019

    The Art of Writing About Organized Crime, and The Rise and Fall of the New York Mafia

    The Art of Writing About Organized Crime, and The Rise and Fall of the New York Mafia

    Talking Mafia History in A Former Mafia Stronghold

    By Nancy Bilyeau | October 24, 2019

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    <em>All the President's Men</em> Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

    All the President's Men Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

    Presidential scandals and the writing of a mystery classic

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    The Life and Times of Charles Willeford—Miami's Weird, Wonderful Master of Noir

    The Life and Times of Charles Willeford—Miami's Weird, Wonderful Master of Noir

    For years he searched for a subject worthy of his talents. Then he found Miami and the '80s. Crime fiction would never be the same.

    By Craig Pittman | October 18, 2019

    The Quiet Horrors of Reading Liane Moriarty in the Suburbs

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    How Arson Became A <br>Capital Crime

    How Arson Became A
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    Detecting During Disasters

    Detecting During Disasters

    Fires, hurricanes, plague—crime fiction persists in moments of crisis.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | October 17, 2019

    The Art of Blending Crime <br>and Humor

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    Can Everyone Stop Slagging Off Brighton, Already?

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