• Essays

    An Ode to Laura Lee

    In researching the world of sex for pay, I met a fierce activist and escort who would change my perception of sex work forever.

    November 6, 2019  By Kirstin Innes
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    The Veracity and Heart of Modern Action Thrillers

    Infusing Esoteric Fact and Heritage into Fast-Paced Crime

    November 6, 2019  By Tori Eldridge
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    Havana: A World Capital of Crime Fiction

    Crime and the City Visits Cuba

    November 4, 2019  By Paul French
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    On The Hall-Mills Murders, (a) Crime of the Century

    How the salacious double murder of a minister and a choir member in 1922 inspired one of the earliest legal thrillers.

    November 4, 2019  By Hank Phillippi Ryan
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    Why Penny Dreadfuls Scandalized Victorian Society—But Flew off the Shelves

    On the Sensational, Sensationalistic Victorian Literary Phenomenon

    November 4, 2019  By Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga 
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    Atmospheric Pressure:
    The Big Sleep at Eighty

    80 years ago, Raymond Chandler reinvented crime fiction with a novel that valued atmosphere—and style—above all else.

    November 1, 2019  By Janet Roger
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    The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

    In rural crime fiction, families are bound together like chain gangs.

    November 1, 2019  By Jake Hinkson
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    The Real Dracula Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

    Forget what you think you know about the ur-vampire story. Bram Stoker's masterpiece was a sprawling, radical detective novel.

    October 31, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Perks of Living in a Haunted House

    Every writer communes with ghosts. If you can start from childhood, all the better.

    October 29, 2019  By Erica Wright
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    5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

    Learning to write suspense, one scary movie at a time.

    October 29, 2019  By Lisa Black
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