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Dirty Diamonds: How Post-Soviet Kleptocrats Looted Russia's Deep Diamond Deposits

Dirty Diamonds: How Post-Soviet Kleptocrats Looted Russia's Deep Diamond Deposits

For decades, diamond conglomerates paid the USSR to keep diamonds in the ground. Then, the Cold War ended.

By David Junk | August 9, 2024

Sam Tschida: Write Like a Mother

Sam Tschida: Write Like a Mother

On finding the time and inspiration to spend "several hours a day with people you made up."

By Sam Tschida | August 8, 2024

True West: Unwinding the Myths of an Iconic Setting

True West: Unwinding the Myths of an Iconic Setting

Jamie Harrison on the Montana she knows and writes.

By Jamie Harrison | August 8, 2024

Charlotte Vassell On Using Crime Fiction To Lampoon the Upper Crust

Charlotte Vassell On Using Crime Fiction To Lampoon the Upper Crust

"There’s one set of rules for one type of person and another set for the rest of us."

By Charlotte Vassell | August 8, 2024

All These Houses Are Haunted: How (and Why) Horror is the Perfect Hybrid Genre

All These Houses Are Haunted: How (and Why) Horror is the Perfect Hybrid Genre

"When taken from the right perspective, every story is a horror story"

By Matthew Lyons | August 7, 2024

Why the Epistolary Format Works So Well in Crime Fiction

Why the Epistolary Format Works So Well in Crime Fiction

"Letters are a great way to manipulate your vict—I mean, audience."

By Joshua Chaplinsky | August 7, 2024

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Crime Fiction in Sweden's Fastest Growing City: Malmö

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The Pros and Cons of Armchair Detectives

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On Bram Stoker's Forgotten <em>Dracula</em> Play

On Bram Stoker's Forgotten Dracula Play

It's not good... but it IS a play

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 2, 2024

The Perfect Getaway: Why Sedona, Arizona Is a Prime Location...for Crime Fiction

The Perfect Getaway: Why Sedona, Arizona Is a Prime Location...for Crime Fiction

The area is celebrated for red rock canyons, hiking trails and spirituality. But there's a darker side.

By Kathleen Bryant | August 2, 2024

Yasmin Angoe on “Bless Your Heart” and the Making of a Southern (Charm) Thriller

Yasmin Angoe on “Bless Your Heart” and the Making of a Southern (Charm) Thriller

How a sharp line and a Roald Dahl story inspired Angoe's new thriller.

By Yasmin Angoe | August 1, 2024

Writing Better Neurodivergent Characters in Fiction

Writing Better Neurodivergent Characters in Fiction

Scott Lyerly on living with Tourette syndrome and bringing that reality to fiction.

By Scott Lyerly | July 31, 2024

Sometimes We Have Big Feelings About Celebrities. And That's (Mostly) Okay.

Sometimes We Have Big Feelings About Celebrities. And That's (Mostly) Okay.

Josh Winning on the role of horror fiction in exploring our complex reactions to the famous and fortunate

By Josh Winning | July 31, 2024

Speculating Our Way Back to Ourselves

Speculating Our Way Back to Ourselves

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi on using the speculative to manifest the unconscious and make space for the marginalized

By Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi | July 30, 2024

Ibiza: Crime, Mystery, and Hedonism on the 'White Island'

Ibiza: Crime, Mystery, and Hedonism on the 'White Island'

Crime and the City takes a tour through the underbelly of a Mediterranean hot spot.

By Paul French | July 29, 2024

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