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A Writer's Themes: Why and How Do They Keep Returning?

A Writer's Themes: Why and How Do They Keep Returning?

Jon Lindstrom discusses themes – and how they differ in novels in screenplays – with some of today's top thriller authors.

By Jon LIndstrom | February 28, 2024

Writing the Stories I Needed to Read: Fiction as a Lifeline

Writing the Stories I Needed to Read: Fiction as a Lifeline

Rebecca Roque on "the wounds we carry and what we choose to do with them"

By Rebecca Roque | February 28, 2024

Peg Tyre and Peter Blauner On Three Decades of Marriage and Writing

Peg Tyre and Peter Blauner On Three Decades of Marriage and Writing

"From one point of view, it was a kind of madness. From another, it was just the writing life."

By CrimeReads | February 28, 2024

Which Jane Austen Protagonists Would Make the Best Detectives?

Which Jane Austen Protagonists Would Make the Best Detectives?

Ranking Austen's heroines from to worst to best based on their skills of deduction

By Jessica Bull | February 27, 2024

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

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How Medical Phenomena Can Be Used in Crime Fiction

By Eleanor Barker-White | February 27, 2024

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | February 26, 2024

The Highlands Noir of Inverness

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

90 Years of <em>Orient Express</em>

90 Years of Orient Express

Dann McDorman on the most fateful journey in mystery fiction.

By Dann McDormann | February 26, 2024

<em>Drive-Away Dolls</em> <br>Commits to the Bit

Drive-Away Dolls
Commits to the Bit

Olivia Rutigliano on Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's fun, silly, all-in lesbian road-trip comedy.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 23, 2024

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

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

Swashbucklers, Spiritualists, and Swindlers Galore

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

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