• Essays

    Max Allan Collins on Continuing the Work of Dashiell Hammett

    See a cover reveal and read the afterword for the upcoming "Return of the Maltese Falcon"

    April 15, 2025  By Max Allan Collins
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    Matthew Sullivan on Discovering The Dogs in the Nighttime, His Monthly Sherlock Group

    The value of reading – and sometimes reading together.

    April 15, 2025  By Matthew Sullivan
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    Why Belinda Bauer Is In Favor of Anthropomorphism in Fiction

    And why, in her new mystery, the victim is a bird.

    April 15, 2025  By Belinda Bauer
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    Robert Jackson Bennett On Crafting a Fantasy Murder Mystery

    "It seems a curious choice, I suppose, to take a world of such huge stakes and instead focus on the small things"

    April 14, 2025  By Robert Jackson Bennett
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    The Mystery of the African Gothic Novel

    Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu on the long and satisfying process of decoupling horror fiction from colonialist fears

    April 11, 2025  By Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
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    The Terrifying Draw of the Desert

    Adam Plantinga on a lifelong fascination with the desert and its dangers.

    April 11, 2025  By Adam Plantinga
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    Constructing a Fictional Serial Killer

    How California's most notorious killers helped inspire Omar Hussain's debut novel.

    April 10, 2025  By Omar Hussain
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    Small Towns and Murder Mysteries: An Enduring Fascination

    Kelly Mullen on Villisca, Iowa and the The Villisca Axe Murders

    April 10, 2025  By Kelly Mullen
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    Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

    Zee Carlstrom on writing more interesting characters.

    April 9, 2025  By Zee Carlstrom
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    Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

    "I can’t fathom writing a story that doesn’t have some romance element to it."

    April 8, 2025  By Molly Harper
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