An Ode to Charles Willeford

An Ode to Charles Willeford

First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of American crime fiction fans.

By Michael Ledwidge | August 23, 2024

Criminally Beautiful: Crime Novels with a Focus on Nature

Criminally Beautiful: Crime Novels with a Focus on Nature

"Nature can be a helpful accomplice or a wicked adversary."

By Ayla Rose | August 23, 2024

Of Psychopaths and CEOs

Of Psychopaths and CEOs

On the rise of entrepreneurs who act like "Greek gods—mercurial, sometimes destructive, and murkily in control of our lives."

By Elisabeth Eaves | August 22, 2024

Ludicrous But Memorable: Agatha Christie’s <em>The Big Four</em>

Ludicrous But Memorable: Agatha Christie’s The Big Four

Curtis Evans on the least-well-liked of Christie's Poirot novels

By Curtis Evans | August 22, 2024

My First Thriller: John Gilstrap

My First Thriller: John Gilstrap

Lightning and serendipity. The rejections never stopped, nor did the money.

By Rick Pullen | August 22, 2024

William Boyle on Discovering Donna Masini and a Great 'Italian-American-Recovering-Catholic-from-Brooklyn' Novel

William Boyle on Discovering Donna Masini and a Great 'Italian-American-Recovering-Catholic-from-Brooklyn' Novel

Boyle and Polly Stewart revisit Masini's intense, obsessive 'About Yvonne'

By Polly Stewart | August 22, 2024

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By Kailee Pederson | August 21, 2024

On Choice, Chance, and Circumstance in Crime Fiction

By James Wade | August 21, 2024

The Dynamism of Growth: William Kent Krueger on Milestones and Making the Familiar Fresh Again

By John B. Valeri | August 21, 2024

Where does Fiction Meet the Real World?

Where does Fiction Meet the Real World?

"All fiction is speculative....But somewhere there is a line between reality and fiction, a gap filled with imagination rather than truth"

By Bridget Collins | August 21, 2024

The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

Cousin to the metaphysical detective novel, the antidetective story casts doubt on "detection itself"

By Eugenie Montague | August 20, 2024

Thrillers in Which Characters Actually Get to Have Fun

Thrillers in Which Characters Actually Get to Have Fun

Rachel Koller Croft on crime fiction characters who can chill

By Rachel Koller Croft | August 20, 2024

This Isn’t The End: What To Do When Your Publisher Dies

This Isn’t The End: What To Do When Your Publisher Dies

It's an author's nightmare, but you're not alone. James Queally talks with writers who have been through a publisher's demise.

By James Queally | August 20, 2024

Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

Morgan Richter on books "in which two genres caress, not collide."

By Morgan Richter | August 20, 2024

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Orlando Whitfield on Art, Fraud, and Unwittingly Going into Business with a Talented Con Man

Orlando Whitfield on Art, Fraud, and Unwittingly Going into Business with a Talented Con Man

Whitfield's new book, 'All That Glitters' tells the inside story of Inigo Philbrick's rise and fall.

By Kevin Canfield | August 19, 2024

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