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The Great Age of the Celebrity Crime Reporter

Percy Hoskins wasn't just a journalist. He was also 1950s-era Britain's go-to expert for all things crime-y.

How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

Sometimes the setting really is a character in itself. But how do you get there?

Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

When the author of Sideways sent his papers off to be catalogued, he never expected to find inspiration for his next novel.

Re-Ragging in Red: Murder Ballads and Dirty Cops

Duncan and Brady isn't just a great song. It's a call to action against police abuse of the Black community.

Soft Boiled Mysteries for Women Over 50

"The soft-boiled genre is embedded firmly between the cozy and the hard-boiled, like middle-aged and elder women ensconced between siren and senior."

The Psychology of Reading and Writing Crime Fiction

What makes crime stories so therapeutic? Writer and family counselor Lynne Reeves has some theories.

Josephine Tey and the Detection Club: A Mystery Solved

Tey was invited to join the Detection Club, yet her name never appeared on the membership roll. What happened?

Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

It was there in Fleming's books and now it's in the movies, too: James Bond wants to die.

What One Lawyer Learned Living with Nuns in Alabama While Representing a Man on Death Row

When Donald Cameron Clark, Jr. teamed up with a lawyering nun to save a man's life, he learned to look beyond expectations.

Columbo's First Case: How One of TV's Most Iconic Detectives Got His Start

“Columbo” got a trial run on “Alfred Hitchcock” – and so did his first quarry.

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Percy Hoskins wasn't just a journalist. He was also 1950s-era Britain's go-to expert for all things crime-y.

Sometimes the setting really is a character in itself. But how do you get there?

When the author of Sideways sent his papers off to be catalogued, he never expected to find inspiration for his next novel.

Duncan and Brady isn't just a great song. It's a call to action against police abuse of the Black community.

"The soft-boiled genre is embedded firmly between the cozy and the hard-boiled, like middle-aged and elder women ensconced between siren and senior."

What makes crime stories so therapeutic? Writer and family counselor Lynne Reeves has some theories.

Tey was invited to join the Detection Club, yet her name never appeared on the membership roll. What happened?

It was there in Fleming's books and now it's in the movies, too: James Bond wants to die.

When Donald Cameron Clark, Jr. teamed up with a lawyering nun to save a man's life, he learned to look beyond expectations.

“Columbo” got a trial run on “Alfred Hitchcock” – and so did his first quarry.

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