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The Dodge Land Wars: A History of Violence

The Dodge Land Wars: A History of Violence

Andy Davidson on writing a folk horror novel about a historic land dispute with vast consequences for the environment.

By Andy Davidson | October 12, 2022

Get Some Perspective: How Crime Novels Use POV to Reveal Their True Mysteries

Get Some Perspective: How Crime Novels Use POV to Reveal Their True Mysteries

Adam Hamdy on the delicate craft of perspective in suspense

By Adam Hamdy | October 11, 2022

A Tour Through the Underbelly of Rome

A Tour Through the Underbelly of Rome

"So many ways each of these crimes could have gone. So many different reasons to keep our eyes open wherever we travel."

By Jody Feldman | October 11, 2022

Discovering Charles Dickens'

Discovering Charles Dickens' "The Signalman"

Laurie Loewenstein on a classic Dickens ghost story.

By Laurie Loewenstein | October 11, 2022

<em>Amsterdam</em> Is an Overstuffed, Inchoate Whodunnit

Amsterdam Is an Overstuffed, Inchoate Whodunnit

David O. Russell's new film is "a clown car of talent on the road to nowhere."

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 7, 2022

The Literary Blood Feud between Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald

The Literary Blood Feud between Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald

Or, The Way Some Crime Writers Decry...

By Curtis Evans | October 7, 2022

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Using Fear to Fuel My Fiction

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Writing a (Twisted) Love Letter to Murder, She Wrote

By Alexa Donne | October 7, 2022

The Ultimate Crime Story: Punishing the Pillagers of Our Planet

By Mark Alpert | October 6, 2022

Isaac Blum on Writing a Young Adult Novel to Respond to Antisemitic Violence

Isaac Blum on Writing a Young Adult Novel to Respond to Antisemitic Violence

"[I]t was important to me to show that this kind of thing can happen anywhere in this country, at any time..."

By Isaac Blum | October 6, 2022

Jennifer Givhan: Becoming the Bruja My Ancestors Needed

Jennifer Givhan: Becoming the Bruja My Ancestors Needed

On brujería and slaying demons on the page.

By Jennifer Givhan | October 5, 2022

A Mystery Author's Inspirational Place: Aix-en-Provence

A Mystery Author's Inspirational Place: Aix-en-Provence

M.L. Longworth on the locations and memories that have helped bring her long-running Aix mysteries to life.

By M.L. Longworth | October 5, 2022

From Surviving Evil to Prosecuting Evil to Writing Evil

From Surviving Evil to Prosecuting Evil to Writing Evil

"I was 30 when I first prosecuted a child sexual abuse case, the eventual focus of my life’s work as an attorney."

By Roger A. Canaff | October 5, 2022

Her Secret Service: Women of Intelligence

Her Secret Service: Women of Intelligence

Featuring the woman who inspired Miss Moneypenny and other heroic women spies of the Second World War

By Christine Wells | October 4, 2022

Jessica Fletcher. With a Robot. In Space.

Jessica Fletcher. With a Robot. In Space.

"Straddling between dark murder and lighthearted alien adventures was a real challenge..."

By Mur Lafferty | October 3, 2022

Why Cold War Noir is Back in Play

Why Cold War Noir is Back in Play

"[T]he Cold War is an extra character that serves as the best sort of Noir villain..."

By M. Z. Urlocker | September 30, 2022

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