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For This Historical Novelist Writing About Gilded Age New York, There's Always More Research to Be Done

For This Historical Novelist Writing About Gilded Age New York, There's Always More Research to Be Done

For historical mystery novelists like Stacie Murphy, research is an endless source of inspiration.

By Stacie Murphy | April 8, 2022

April's Best Psychological Thrillers

April's Best Psychological Thrillers

Island retreats, exclusive clubs, family drama, high-class scammers, and more.

By Lisa Levy | April 8, 2022

Turns out, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an episode of <em>Veronica Mars</em>

Turns out, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an episode of Veronica Mars

He collaborated with Rob Thomas on 2019's season 4 reboot, and it's actually a pretty charming story.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 7, 2022

Historical Novels Featuring Real People of the Past as Main Characters

Historical Novels Featuring Real People of the Past as Main Characters

9 books "that will take you back in time to another place."

By Jody Hadlock | April 7, 2022

Shop Talk: Kellye Garrett Finds a Character, Finds a Murder, and Starts Filling up the Notebooks

Shop Talk: Kellye Garrett Finds a Character, Finds a Murder, and Starts Filling up the Notebooks

Crime writers talking craft, routine, and finding the perfect twist.

By Eli Cranor | April 7, 2022

A List of Coming-Of-Age Mysteries and Thrillers

A List of Coming-Of-Age Mysteries and Thrillers

Or, six books featuring characters growing up against the wall.

By Amelia Kahaney | April 7, 2022

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Celebrating a New Era of Mothers Being Total Badasses in Thrillers

By Anna Downes | April 7, 2022

Investigating the Cold Case That Inspired Twin Peaks

By Mark T. Givens and David Bushman | April 6, 2022

On Time Travel and Metafiction

By Rachel Barenbaum | April 6, 2022

Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

Amanda Eyre Ward explains why keeping secrets is a writer's greatest craft tool.

By Amanda Eyre Ward | April 6, 2022

On The Law of Unintended Consequences

On The Law of Unintended Consequences

From the Streisand Effect to the Cobra Effect, the most interesting are the perverse.

By Jeffrey Siger | April 6, 2022

Forget <em>Frankenstein</em>. It's Time To Read <em>The Mummy!</em>

Forget Frankenstein. It's Time To Read The Mummy!

Lisa Tuttle on The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century, arguably the first novel to use now-common scifi tropes.

By Lisa Tuttle | April 5, 2022

Guillermo Martínez: When Crime Fiction Lives in Crime Fiction

Guillermo Martínez: When Crime Fiction Lives in Crime Fiction

On the long tradition and curious effects of introducing real-life literature into a mystery novel.

By Guilllermo Martínez | April 5, 2022

The Fugitive Who Conned His Way Into the Footsteps of Alexander the Great – and the Quest for His Lost Cities

The Fugitive Who Conned His Way Into the Footsteps of Alexander the Great – and the Quest for His Lost Cities

Alexander's great city had vanished. One British East India Company deserter was determined to find it.

By Edmund Richardson | April 5, 2022

Grace D. Li On Car Chases, Art Heists, and Chinese-American Identity

Grace D. Li On Car Chases, Art Heists, and Chinese-American Identity

"Even though this is a heist book, it’s really a book about relationships—to yourself, your friends, your family."

By Molly Odintz | April 5, 2022

Books to Understand Gilded-Age New York City

Books to Understand Gilded-Age New York City

"New York is an onion with endless, overlapping layers. I could study it for the rest of my life and only scratch the surface of what there is to know."

By Carol Lawrence | April 4, 2022

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