On the Freedoms and Horrors of Creating a Fictional Setting For Your Murder Mystery

On the Freedoms and Horrors of Creating a Fictional Setting For Your Murder Mystery

You can give your small town an opera house, sure, but then you have to remember which direction the opera house faces.

By Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson | February 27, 2024

7 Films and TV Shows Featuring Park Rangers

7 Films and TV Shows Featuring Park Rangers

These heroes are ready to do whatever it takes to fight against poachers, developers, litterers, and fire-starters

By Jon Land | February 27, 2024

How Medical Phenomena Can Be Used in Crime Fiction

How Medical Phenomena Can Be Used in Crime Fiction

Done well, it can spread the word about rare conditions. Done poorly, and it can be deeply offensive.

By Eleanor Barker-White | February 27, 2024

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | February 26, 2024

The Highlands Noir of Inverness

The Highlands Noir of Inverness

Crime and the City takes a spin through the northern outpost of Tartan Noir

By Paul French | February 26, 2024

The Power of Mirrors in Therapy and Books

The Power of Mirrors in Therapy and Books

Author and psychotherapist Sagit Schwartz reflects on fiction's ability to improve mental health

By Sagit Schwartz | February 26, 2024

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90 Years of Orient Express

By Dann McDormann | February 26, 2024

Drive-Away Dolls
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By Olivia Rutigliano | February 23, 2024

15 New and Upcoming Historical Mysteries and Thrillers To Read in 2024

By Molly Odintz | February 23, 2024

The Third Person: Writing in the Aftermath of a Home Robbery

The Third Person: Writing in the Aftermath of a Home Robbery

Kate Sidley wrote about tidy mysteries in a faraway country. Then real violence came into her home.

By Kate Sidley | February 23, 2024

Beachy Mysteries: Life, Death and Baked Goods on the Coast

Beachy Mysteries: Life, Death and Baked Goods on the Coast

Maggie Blackburn on the special charms of coastal cozies

By Maggie Blackburn | February 23, 2024

Trust No One: Unreliable Narrators vs. Unreliable Secondary Characters

Trust No One: Unreliable Narrators vs. Unreliable Secondary Characters

Mina Hardy on unreliability coming from all sides.

By Mina Hardy | February 22, 2024

It’s a Festival—What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

It’s a Festival—What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

5 cozy mysteries set at summer fairs and festivals

By Ginger Bolton | February 22, 2024

6 Books That Draw Inspiration from Folk Tales

6 Books That Draw Inspiration from Folk Tales

Amanda Jayatissa on the power of modern retellings rooted in ancient stories

By Amanda Jayatissa | February 22, 2024

Juanita Sheridan and The Lily Wu Quartet: A Rediscovered Gem from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

Juanita Sheridan and The Lily Wu Quartet: A Rediscovered Gem from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

Eric Redman celebrates the crime fiction of Hawaiʻi and one of its trailblazers.

By Eric Redman | February 22, 2024

Four Books Juxtaposing the Beauty and Ugliness of Ballet

Four Books Juxtaposing the Beauty and Ugliness of Ballet

Tammy Greenwood on works that "peel back the satin and reveal the tender pain beneath"

By Tammy Greenwood | February 21, 2024

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