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Finding a Voice for Mixed-Race Characters in Mystery

Finding a Voice for Mixed-Race Characters in Mystery

Bringing New Representations to the World of Cozies

By Vivien Chien | March 27, 2019

Disorder in the Court: Classic Fictional Trials That Subverted the Truth

Disorder in the Court: Classic Fictional Trials That Subverted the Truth

Complex Justice, Hidden Truths, and Legal Drama

By Bonnie Kistler | March 26, 2019

Soap Operas Taught Me How To Write Crime Fiction

Soap Operas Taught Me How To Write Crime Fiction

Learning to Write, One Soap Opera at a Time

By J. D. Griffo | March 26, 2019

Crime and the City: Bucharest

Crime and the City: Bucharest

From Decades of Hardline Dictatorship, Romanian Crime Fiction Emerges

By Paul French | March 25, 2019

The Psychology of Suspense

The Psychology of Suspense

Why We Fear Anxiety in Real Life, But Relish It In Our Fiction

By R. J. Jacobs | March 25, 2019

Sometimes We Haunt Our Own Houses

Sometimes We Haunt Our Own Houses

Crimes, Memories, and Psychological Thrillers

By Vanessa Savage | March 22, 2019

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Gypsy and Dee Dee Blanchard: A True Crime Primer

By Camille LeBlanc | March 20, 2019

Noir in the Era of Gentrification

By Adam Abramowitz | March 19, 2019

It's Time to Discover the Crime Fiction of Helsinki

By Paul French | March 18, 2019

The Irresistible Draw of Writing About the Famous Dead

The Irresistible Draw of Writing About the Famous Dead

On Writing a Novel about the Donner Party

By Alma Katsu | March 18, 2019

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #74

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #74

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

By Otto Penzler | March 18, 2019

Finding an Epic Crime Novel in a Mountain Ghost Town

Finding an Epic Crime Novel in a Mountain Ghost Town

An Editor Treks Calabria Searching for Roots and a Story

By Juliet Grames | March 15, 2019

Exploring the Ghost Towns of Central Oregon

Exploring the Ghost Towns of Central Oregon

A Father and Daughter's Journey Through Abandoned America

By Glen Erik Hamilton | March 14, 2019

The Long Strange History of Novelists Who Became Spies

The Long Strange History of Novelists Who Became Spies

The Overlapping Worlds of Espionage and Fiction

By Charles Cumming | March 13, 2019

The Death of the Superhero: The Crime of Killing Off Good & Evil

The Death of the Superhero: The Crime of Killing Off Good & Evil

Why We'll Always Resurrect Superheroes and Follow Private Eyes

By T.J. Martinson | March 12, 2019

9 Thrillers With Rich, Atmospheric Settings

9 Thrillers With Rich, Atmospheric Settings

From the Liquid Missouri Heat to Collegiate New England

By Fran Dorricott | March 12, 2019

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