• Essays

    An American Outrage: Journalism, Race, and the Clinton Avenue Five

    "During the half decade I spent as a reporter in Newark, the Clinton Avenue Five rarely left my mind."

    October 12, 2021  By James Queally
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    50 Years Later, Looking Back at the Real-Life Crime Network That Inspired The French Connection

    Andrew Nette remembers life in Vientiane, where "Air Opium" planes flew opium from Laos to Saigon's Chinatown.

    October 8, 2021  By Andrew Nette
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    Why Body Horror Is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling

    "Body horror is powerful because it is personal."

    October 8, 2021  By Caitlin Starling
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    The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher's World

    In the late '80s, Lee Child—he was still Jim Grant then—picked up a copy of a French novel by Loup Durand. Its influence was profound.

    October 8, 2021  By Heather Martin
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    The Grieving Mothers Whose Stories Inspired A New Novel About Police Violence

    "Behind every shooting is a person, or rather many, many people, often ones who go unnoticed. These were the people and stories we wanted to bring alive with full humanity."

    October 6, 2021  By Christine Pride and Jo Piazzo
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    Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction

    The first humans to make up stories may just have saved us all. Or not. It's hard to know for sure.

    October 5, 2021  By Lee Child
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    Sympathy for the de Vil: Reading Beyond Likability

    Readers shouldn't set too high a bar for fictional empathy—and authors shouldn't indulge in exaggerated excuses for their character's bad behavior.

    October 5, 2021  By John Copenhaver
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    Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes?

    When it comes to crime fiction set in Switzerland, it's all about secrecy.

    October 4, 2021  By Paul French
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    Finding Inspiration in Vermont's 'Shirley Jackson and Donna Tartt Country'

    For gothic inspiration, Eric Rickstad looks to his own backyard—and to the works of Vermont's iconic authors.

    October 4, 2021  By Eric Rickstad
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    Jane Casey: Why I Chose To Write About A Barrister

    Amateur detectives defined the Golden Age. Police procedurals dominated the later part of the century. It's high time to set aside the hunters and focus on other professions.

    October 4, 2021  By Jane Casey
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