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James Grippando: 30 Years of Lightning Bolts, Percolators, and other Sources of Inspiration

James Grippando: 30 Years of Lightning Bolts, Percolators, and other Sources of Inspiration

Reflections on three decades of Florida legal thrillers – and where it all comes from.

By James Grippando | January 11, 2024

Shane’s Lot: How a 1949 Gun-Toting Loner Still Rides Through American Literature

Shane’s Lot: How a 1949 Gun-Toting Loner Still Rides Through American Literature

Maria Hummel on American Iconography and the 21st Century Revival of Western Writing

By Maria Hummel | January 10, 2024

Exploring the Isolation of the British Countryside

Exploring the Isolation of the British Countryside

Remote settings provide extraordinary possibilities for both beauty and brutality

By Stig Abell | January 9, 2024

How An Obsession With Art Crime Became a Thriller

How An Obsession With Art Crime Became a Thriller

Artist and author Jonathan Santlofer on the many works examining art fraud, theft, and looting that informed his new book

By Jonathan Santlofer | January 9, 2024

Passionate Distortions: Patricia Highsmith and the Female Protagonist

Passionate Distortions: Patricia Highsmith and the Female Protagonist

Katia Lief on channeling Highsmith's powerful, repulsive character studies for a new era

By Katia Lief | January 9, 2024

Crime and the City: Kinshasa and the DRC

Crime and the City: Kinshasa and the DRC

A look at crime fiction set in and around Africa's most populous city.

By Paul French | January 8, 2024

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Ian Hamilton On The Joys and Sorrows of Finishing a Series

By Ian Hamilton | January 8, 2024

How an Epic History of the Mafia Came out of a Chance Meeting with a Literary Legend

By Louis Ferrante | January 5, 2024

Was 'The Leopard Man' Hollywood's First Slasher Film?

By Scott Adlerberg | January 4, 2024

Running Away with the Fairies

Running Away with the Fairies

Tara Isabella Burton on using fairyland as a metaphor for cults and their ecstatic escape from reality

By Tara Isabella Burton | January 4, 2024

Cozy Mystery Subgenres: Making the Perfect Blend

Cozy Mystery Subgenres: Making the Perfect Blend

Mixing it up with historical, paranormal, and romantic cozies

By Patricia Sargeant, writing as Olivia Matthews | January 4, 2024

The Importance of the Plot Twist

The Importance of the Plot Twist

Heidi Perks on when and how to reveal the twists that will keep readers guessing throughout your novel.

By Heidi Perks | January 3, 2024

The Amish Fence

The Amish Fence

How the Amish community stays knit together, and why it makes for the perfect setting for a mystery.

By Patricia Johns | January 3, 2024

What Makes a Forest Such a Seductive Setting for Fiction?

What Makes a Forest Such a Seductive Setting for Fiction?

Terri Parlato considers what draws us to the deep, dark woods

By Terri Parlato | January 3, 2024

How to Write Fiction about True Crime

How to Write Fiction about True Crime

Novels examining the true crime industry are a critical part of understanding its problems and popularity.

By Kate Brody | January 2, 2024

The Rise of

The Rise of "Mom-Noir"

Katherine Faulkner looks at the "new cast of female, feminist crime writers exploring the darker realities of motherhood"

By Katherine Faulkner | January 2, 2024

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