• Essays

    What Happens When There's a Crime in Antarctica?

    R.S. Burnett on life and death in the polar extreme.

    February 19, 2025  By R.S. Burnett
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    Allen Eskens on the Power of Research

    In researching his latest novel, the author met people whose stories would change him forever.

    February 19, 2025  By Allen Eskens
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    Breaking and Entering: How Deon Meyer's New Novel Snuck Past Genre Boundaries

    What really defines the sub-genres of crime?

    February 18, 2025  By Deon Meyer
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    Atlantic City: Crime Fiction on the Boardwalk

    How to read your way through the gritty seaside playground.

    February 17, 2025  By Paul French
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    Tying Your Story to Current Events: Brilliant Strategy or a Fool’s Mission?

    A mystery author grapples with the lure of 'ripped-from-the-headlines' stories.

    February 17, 2025  By Jenn Bregman
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    Luigi Mangione, George Metesky, and a Tradition of Anti-Corporate Violence

    Decades before Mangione, there was Metesky, the "Mad Bomber."

    February 14, 2025  By Michael Cannell
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    Why Posh London Is Just as Good A Setting For Mysteries as Any Gritty Side Street

    Scratch beneath the stucco of Belgravia, London’s most upmarket residential district, and dark secrets lurk.

    February 14, 2025  By Orlando Murrin
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    How to Isolate Your Characters in the 21st Century

    A mystery writer's guide to cutting your characters off from the world in believable ways.

    February 13, 2025  By Laura McCluskey
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    How One Author Turned Her Nightmares Into a Thriller

    Kate Alice Marshall on dreams, memories, and what happens when the real world can't be trusted.

    February 12, 2025  By Kate Alice Marshall
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    Alias Curley: A Con Man’s Story of The Little Bighorn

    The Crow scout called Curley famously escaped dying with Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Others created accounts of Curley’s survival, one was an impersonator who fleeced the West.

    February 11, 2025  By Nathan Ward
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