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The Rise of Domestic Noir: A Decade After <em>Gone Girl</em>

The Rise of Domestic Noir: A Decade After Gone Girl

Marie Still asks authors and book mavens to share their reasons for loving today's hottest thrillers.

By Marie Still | March 10, 2023

Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

Amanda Traylor on commercial thrillers, entertainment, and finding characters who are engaged with the world around them.

By Amanda Traylor | March 10, 2023

John Rechy Remembers His Friend, Writer Henry Turner

John Rechy Remembers His Friend, Writer Henry Turner

The Edgar and Anthony-nominated author lives on in his vivid characters and lyrical prose.

By John Rechy | March 10, 2023

Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

"Place makes us in ways both big and small—it shapes our language, our occupations, the pace at which we live."

By Erica Waters | March 10, 2023

Spirits, Scams and the Victorian Séance

Spirits, Scams and the Victorian Séance

"Despite these many tricks and ploys, grieving people are desperate and often willing to believe anything."

By Sarah Penner | March 9, 2023

We Got the Guy … Now What? A Look at Community Responses to Crime In Fiction

We Got the Guy … Now What? A Look at Community Responses to Crime In Fiction

Charlene Allen on novels that "highlight the community’s role in responding to crime where institutions fall short"

By Charlene Allen | March 9, 2023

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By William Landay | March 7, 2023

Mysteries Featuring Anonymous Notes As Catalysts

By Deanna Raybourn | March 7, 2023

Paul Newman’s Reflection on Noir: The 25th Anniversary of <em>Twilight</em>

Paul Newman’s Reflection on Noir: The 25th Anniversary of Twilight

The close of the twentieth century brought a brilliant but neglected capper to generations of detective cinema.

By Glen Erik Hamilton | March 6, 2023

Odessa: A City of Legends

Odessa: A City of Legends

Crime and the City on the books of the fabled port city, home to some of the world's most cosmopolitan crooks.

By Paul French | March 6, 2023

Arlington Road: The Conspiracy Thriller That Foresaw the Spread of Far-Right Extremism in America

Arlington Road: The Conspiracy Thriller That Foresaw the Spread of Far-Right Extremism in America

The 1999 film was a darkly prophetic tale about suburban neighbors.

By David Masciotra | March 3, 2023

Expect The Unexpected

Expect The Unexpected

R. W. Green reflects on carrying on his beloved friend M. C. Beaton's long-running series.

By R. W. Green | March 3, 2023

Genetics, DNA, and A Difficult Question: Do We Ever Really Have Control Of Our Lives?

Genetics, DNA, and A Difficult Question: Do We Ever Really Have Control Of Our Lives?

J. T. Ellison on her struggles to conceive and the long conflict between nature and nurture.

By J. T. Ellison | March 2, 2023

Alex North On the Pleasures of Fictional Forbidden Texts

Alex North On the Pleasures of Fictional Forbidden Texts

"It's a familiar and recurring motif in fiction: the search for a work of art that may or may not exist."

By Alex North | March 2, 2023

Women Outside the Structure: Victorian Widows and Governesses

Women Outside the Structure: Victorian Widows and Governesses

dangerous women."">"for the Victorians, both governesses and widows could be dangerous women."

By Katie Lumsden | March 1, 2023

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