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    The Four Corners of Subjectivity

    The Four Corners of Subjectivity

    How do crime writers get readers to "care about" characters who do terrible things?

    By Jake Lamar | October 6, 2023

    Following Agatha Christie’s Footsteps in Torquay

    Following Agatha Christie’s Footsteps in Torquay

    Kavitha Rao on the unique pleasures of attending the International Agatha Christie Festival

    By Kavitha Rao | October 5, 2023

    Note to Self, and Other True Crime Fans: These Tragedies Are Real

    Note to Self, and Other True Crime Fans: These Tragedies Are Real

    Daniel Sweren-Becker on the cost of immersing yourself in true crime culture.

    By Daniel Sweren-Becker | October 4, 2023

    How a Trip to a Museum Turned into the Perfect Start to a Mystery

    How a Trip to a Museum Turned into the Perfect Start to a Mystery

    Or, a brief tour of the Churchill War Rooms, the underground bunker from which Churchill staged his war efforts.

    By Julia Kelly | October 4, 2023

    The Best Hotels – and Hotel Bars – in Espionage Fiction

    The Best Hotels – and Hotel Bars – in Espionage Fiction

    Paul Vidich explains why spy novelists can't get enough of these sophisticated landmarks.

    By Paul Vidich | October 3, 2023

    A Country Road, in the Dead of Night: On The Historical Hauntings of Irish Folklore

    A Country Road, in the Dead of Night: On The Historical Hauntings of Irish Folklore

    "The macabre in Irish folklore is rarely accompanied with screaming. More, a silent acceptance."

    By Neil Sharpson | October 3, 2023

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    On Writing an Urbex Thriller and Exploring the Vertical City

    On Writing an Urbex Thriller and Exploring the Vertical City

    "[T]he most thrilling excursion you’ve never taken could be right outside your door some hundred stories straight up—or down."

    By Cody Goodfellow | September 29, 2023

    Ava Glass: Me and the Spies

    Ava Glass: Me and the Spies

    "I’d only been working for the British government for a few weeks when I met my first spy."

    By Ava Glass | September 28, 2023

    Spenser at 50: The Evolution of Robert B. Parker's Iconic Character

    Spenser at 50: The Evolution of Robert B. Parker's Iconic Character

    Fifty years later, Spenser has been through different hands, but he's still Boston's favorite knight errant.

    By L. Wayne Hicks | September 27, 2023

    Freak On: Black Strip Clubs in the 1990s

    Freak On: Black Strip Clubs in the 1990s

    Michael Gonzales on a bygone world and the women who made it.

    By Michael Gonzales | September 27, 2023

    A Roundtable Discussion on Dark Academia

    A Roundtable Discussion on Dark Academia

    Contributors to a new anthology focused on murder in the ivory tower discuss the dramatic rise of the genre.

    By CrimeReads | September 27, 2023

    The Albatross of Smartphones in Young Adult Mysteries

    The Albatross of Smartphones in Young Adult Mysteries

    Lauren Muñoz on the mystery writer's conundrum

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    The Sleuthing Spinster: Why Single Women Rule Cozy Fiction

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