Essays

7 Tips For Creating Pace and Propulsion in Psychological Thrillers

Lucy Clarke on finding your novel's perfect rhythm

June 28, 2022  By Lucy Clarke
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What Makes Los Angeles The Perfect Noir Setting?

"Los Angeles is a net of light cast over a thicket of infraction."

June 28, 2022  By Jeffrey Fleishman
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Santiago Crime Fiction: Hard to Escape Political History in Chile’s Capital

Crime and the City visits a city between the Andes and the Pacific

June 27, 2022  By Paul French
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The Real Dangers of Conspiracy Fiction

Alan Drew on thrillers, lies, and the power of fiction, for good and evil

June 24, 2022  By Alan Drew
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Norman Lloyd, King of the Hitchcock Collaborators

He performed one of the most famous deaths in cinema. He went on to a very long life, collaborating with the great director.

June 24, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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Triggered: Gun Crazy in America

Michael Gonzales: "As a kid coming of age in 1970s New York City, I grew-up in a cultural environment that celebrated guns and encouraged young boys to daydream about owning one."

June 23, 2022  By Michael Gonzales
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Death Goes Drag: How the Queer Experiences of Mystery Writers Rufus King and Clifford Orr Influenced Their Golden Age Detective Fiction

Skilled at switching gender roles in masquerade, King and Orr translated their college drag experiences into queer-coded fiction.

June 23, 2022  By Curtis Evans
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On Writing Unlikeable Characters

(And Falling in Love with Them)

June 23, 2022  By Kate Williams
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July 22, 2020: The World Ends (For Some)

How could a couple kill their own children? The answer lies in the unimaginable.

June 23, 2022  By Leah Sottile
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In Defense of Unsympathetic Protagonists

Jon Bassoff on Camus, Thompson, Highsmith, and a long line of authors writing protagonists who win bring us to the dark side.

June 22, 2022  By Jon Bassoff
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