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Researching the Historical Mystery Setting, or, The Importance of a Site Visit

Researching the Historical Mystery Setting, or, The Importance of a Site Visit

Exploring your setting IRL is the best way to get the details right—and the local experts on your side

By Clara McKenna | November 22, 2024

The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

Megan Abbott and Polly Stewart revisit Johnson's bleak and wild portrait of humanity.

By Polly Stewart | November 21, 2024

How Do You Punish a Machine?

How Do You Punish a Machine?

(And why would you need to?)

By Graham Brown | November 21, 2024

Hannah Martian on the Road from Baseball Broadcaster to Thriller Author

Hannah Martian on the Road from Baseball Broadcaster to Thriller Author

And why Wyoming was key to it all.

By Hannah Martian | November 20, 2024

Finding the Gothic in Arthurian Legends

Finding the Gothic in Arthurian Legends

Sarah Jost on castles, romance, and madness in medieval tales and modern gothics

By Sarah Jost | November 20, 2024

On Coming of Age in an Era of Feminist Awakenings and Roaming Serial Killers

On Coming of Age in an Era of Feminist Awakenings and Roaming Serial Killers

"Thirty-seven years on, I’ve written a novel revisiting the mix of terror and fury I felt as a young woman."

By Ajay Close | November 19, 2024

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The Outsized Impact of George Cukor's "Gaslight"

By Bonnie Kistler | November 19, 2024

License to Thrill: The Real and the Unreal in Spy Fiction

By Michael Idov | November 19, 2024

Bah Humbug: The Crime of Loneliness in Holiday Hauntings

By Lindy Ryan | November 18, 2024

From the Foreign Service to the World of Thrillers

From the Foreign Service to the World of Thrillers

Mel Harrison on mining his career in the diplomatic service for fiction.

By Mel Harrison | November 18, 2024

The Multiple Faces of Inspiration: Dissociative Identity Disorder in Fiction

The Multiple Faces of Inspiration: Dissociative Identity Disorder in Fiction

J.H. Markert on a complex condition and its legacy in fiction.

By J.H. Markert | November 18, 2024

Gullion and the Bullshit of Mythology

Gullion and the Bullshit of Mythology

Austin Duffy on a mountain, a killing, and a dark legacy from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

By Austin Duffy | November 15, 2024

From Managing a Golf Course to Writing Mysteries: One Author's Journey

From Managing a Golf Course to Writing Mysteries: One Author's Journey

Steven Tingle grew up on the course, dreaming up mysteries around all the strangers who came to play a round.

By Steven Tingle | November 15, 2024

The Life and Times of Gaston Means, one of the Greatest Rogues in American History

The Life and Times of Gaston Means, one of the Greatest Rogues in American History

Detective, swindler, accused killer, spy. Jazz Age con man Gaston Means was all of the above. And when the son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped in 1932, he concocted his most audacious fraud.

By Dean Jobb | November 14, 2024

What Do Lawyers Really Think of All Those Legal Dramas?

What Do Lawyers Really Think of All Those Legal Dramas?

Lori B. Duff on the mistakes that drive lawyers crazy and the reasons why they love 'My Cousin Vinny'

By Lori B. Duff | November 14, 2024

John Straley: Nature and My Life of Crime

John Straley: Nature and My Life of Crime

"I had been a cowboy and then a private eye in Alaska. Books fed my fantasies and I continued to merge my reality into my fantasies."

By John Straley | November 12, 2024

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