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    Trouble Was His Business: 50 Years of <em>Trouble Man</em>

    Trouble Was His Business: 50 Years of Trouble Man

    Revisiting a movie that told the story of a fixer in South Central LA, with a Marvin Gaye score that changed the game.

    By Michael Gonzales | November 17, 2022

    How to Address an Issue in Your Fiction – And Even Inspire Activism

    How to Address an Issue in Your Fiction – And Even Inspire Activism

    Alice Henderson on climate change, animals, and finding a way to make people care.

    By Alice Henderson | November 17, 2022

    Mariah Fredericks on The Heartbreaking Details of Historical Fiction

    Mariah Fredericks on The Heartbreaking Details of Historical Fiction

    "[I]t’s their pain, not mine. My story, but their lives."

    By Mariah Fredericks | November 17, 2022

    Queer Criminality in <em>Swoon</em> and <em>The Living End</em>

    Queer Criminality in Swoon and The Living End

    "Thirty years later, the thorny characters and violent acts that characterize these films render them still potent and disquieting."

    By Robert Stinner | November 16, 2022

    My Path to Writing a Native American Mystery

    My Path to Writing a Native American Mystery

    D.M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah) on the journey to her first novel.

    By D.M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah) | November 16, 2022

    The Joys of Incorporating Golden Age Cliches into Contemporary Fiction

    The Joys of Incorporating Golden Age Cliches into Contemporary Fiction

    Phillip Margolin on writing "a novel that contained every cliché from the mysteries of the Golden Age"

    By Phillip Margolin | November 16, 2022

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    The Truth About Snitching

    The Truth About Snitching

    Our legal system is intensely reliant on informants and the unregulated, mostly unknown deals that guide them into an ever-more dangerous life.

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    The Magic of London 

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    The Unspoken Criminality of the Female PI

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    Robert Crais: Straight from the Heart

    Robert Crais: Straight from the Heart

    This longtime favorite is back from a life-threatening scare and ready to tell new stories about "Elvis Coles’ Los Angeles."

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    8 Great Thrillers with Effective Twists

    8 Great Thrillers with Effective Twists

    "The backbone of an effective twist is simple, elegant…and astonishingly difficult..."

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    A Moment of Racial Reckoning in Crime Fiction

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