• Essays

    Cheerleaders, True Crime, and the American Dream

    Dare Me, Cheer, and the prosecution of Brooke Skylar Richardson

    March 4, 2020  By Lizzy Steiner
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    The Sublime Isolation of the Scottish Isles

    Out of the way places make for the best mysteries, and other reasons why many a crime writer has heard the siren song of Scotland's 800+ islands.

    March 4, 2020  By Douglas Skelton
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    Fact, Fiction, and a DNA Surprise

    I usually take my plot ideas from real life headlines—but when a DNA test yielded an unexpected result, I decided to make my latest novel personal.

    March 4, 2020  By Betty Webb
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    Double Indemnity isn’t
    about bad people—
    it’s about redemption

    It's not a movie about doing terrible things, it's a movie about making mistakes (and owning up to them).

    March 3, 2020  By Michael Ledwidge
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    William Boyle's Technicolor Brooklyn Noir

    The author's noirs capture the borough in all its madcap, desperate, violent complexity.

    March 3, 2020  By Daneet Steffens
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    The Man Who Turned on the Here: On the Lam in Mexico with Ken Kesey

    Robert Stone recounts a visit to Kesey's fugitive camp, an encounter with a Mexican agent, and a long discussion about drugs and life.

    March 3, 2020  By Robert Stone
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    How to Write Believable, Realistic, and Responsible Violence

    A thriller author shares 7 lessons for writing violence.

    March 3, 2020  By Ed Ruggero
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    How to Be a Crime Novelist and a Parent...Without Losing Your Mind or Your Moral Compass

    Everything you wanted to know about changing diapers and solving fictional murders but were afraid to ask.

    March 2, 2020  By Jason Pinter
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    A Brief History of Sex and Espionage

    How lust, emotional intimacy, and honeypots influence spy games and shape the world order.

    February 28, 2020  By Michael Smith
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    The Woman in Black, and the Ongoing Effort to Make New York City a Little More Gothic

    A haunting play debuts at a New York City theater famous for innovative and unsettling productions.

    February 28, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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