• Essays

    The Unbearable Dread of the Slow-Burn Car Chase Scene

    Some car chases unfold at high speeds. Others take their time and trace their way into the dark corners of your soul.

    June 16, 2020  By Jessica Barry
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    Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

    A 1965 novel about racial injustice and police brutality in the Deep South was hailed by critics and made into a major movie. The story would haunt its author until the bitter end.

    June 11, 2020  By Michael Gonzales
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    Good Girls, Weeds, And The Problem with Suburban Criminality on Screen

    They're not doing it for their families. They're doing it for the ideals of middle-class consumerism.

    June 11, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    The True Crime Bond

    On Inheriting My Mother's Obsession with Murder

    June 11, 2020  By Marcia Trahan
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    The Best Way to Know an Author Is Through Their Characters

    Bestselling Crime Writer Iris Johansen On Her Series Protagonist, Eve Duncan, and the Relationships That Define Her Work

    June 11, 2020  By Iris Johansen
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    Lillie Langtry and the 19th Century's Gentlewomen Influencers

    On the rise of the "Professional Beauty"

    June 10, 2020  By Laurie R. King
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    Should Your Crime Novel Be Set in a Real Place or a Fictional One?

    Over the course of crime fiction history, authors have always wrestled with questions of setting.

    June 10, 2020  By Angela Marsons
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    On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical "Nice Guy" Cop

    Meet the insidious Mr. Bucket, who embodies Dickens' misgivings about the police force he once enthusiastically supported

    June 9, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    A Small Nevada Town Inspires a Crime Novel and a Personal Reckoning

    Envy and relief in small town America.

    June 9, 2020  By Heather Young
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    How Advertising Taught Me The Art of the Twist

    An Ad-Man's Secrets for Keeping Your Readers on Their Toes

    June 9, 2020  By S.K. Barnett
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