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    Revenge in Fiction – and in Life: A Roundtable Discussion

    Revenge in Fiction – and in Life: A Roundtable Discussion

    Alison Gaylin, Winnie Li, Ashley Audrain, Stephanie Wrobel, Chelsea Summers, and Lisa Levy sit down to discuss one of literature's oldest and most complex tropes.

    By Lisa Levy | March 7, 2022

    What if the FBI Required Recruits to  Read Paranormal Crime Thrillers?

    What if the FBI Required Recruits to Read Paranormal Crime Thrillers?

    Or, how supernatural mystery novels can help America’s elite law enforcement organization defeat today’s most creative criminals.

    By Matt Miksa | March 7, 2022

    Seven Colorful Cover Themes from Crime Fiction’s Past

    Seven Colorful Cover Themes from Crime Fiction’s Past

    It was a different time. A time of long legs, falling bodies, disembodied heads, and butterfly chairs.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | March 4, 2022

    A List of Multigenerational Family Mysteries

    A List of Multigenerational Family Mysteries

    Seven books in which families are destroyed by their own secrets.

    By Jane Cockram | March 4, 2022

    Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles discuss what's in store for Molly Murphy

    Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles discuss what's in store for Molly Murphy

    The mother-and-daughter team talk about collaboration, historical fiction, and women's rights.

    By Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles | March 3, 2022

    Shop Talk: David Heska Wanbli Weiden Takes His Craft Seriously and His Coffee Very Strong

    Shop Talk: David Heska Wanbli Weiden Takes His Craft Seriously and His Coffee Very Strong

    Crime writers talking writing routines, research, putting in the work, and keeping caffeine levels strong.

    By Eli Cranor | March 3, 2022

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    The Unusual, Unsettling Crimes of the Other Dr. Gilmer

    By Dr. Benjamin Gilmer | March 3, 2022

    Six Crime Novels Set in Public School Classrooms

    By Frederick Weisel | March 3, 2022

    Six Thrillers That Will Make Even the Steeliest Readers a Little Squeamish

    By Leanne Kale Sparks | March 3, 2022

    The Best New Crime Fiction Coming Out This Month

    The Best New Crime Fiction Coming Out This Month

    March features new novels from Kellye Garrett, Alex Segura, Gigi Pandian, Cara Black, and more.

    By CrimeReads | March 2, 2022

    The Murders in 1970s Montana That Finally Brought the FBI's Profiling Program Into the Field

    The Murders in 1970s Montana That Finally Brought the FBI's Profiling Program Into the Field

    They had interviewed dozens of killers. But their theories were untested in an active investigation.

    By Ron Franscell | March 2, 2022

    Three L.A. True Crime Stories That Went From Reality to Books to Films

    Three L.A. True Crime Stories That Went From Reality to Books to Films

    Tracing the long cultural afterlife of Los Angeles crime

    By D.C. Taylor | March 2, 2022

    The Books Will Keep You Warm

    The Books Will Keep You Warm

    A celebration of small-town libraries and retro mysteries

    By Nikki Knight | March 2, 2022

    A Corporate Headhunter Spills His Secrets

    A Corporate Headhunter Spills His Secrets

    Clients were desperate for the non-public intelligence provided by elite headhunters. That's where the ruse came in.

    By Robert Kerbeck | March 2, 2022

    Who Was Victoria Zielinski? And Who Would She Have Become, If Not For Her Murder?

    Who Was Victoria Zielinski? And Who Would She Have Become, If Not For Her Murder?

    Read from the new book by Sarah Weinman, Scoundrel.

    By Sarah Weinman | March 1, 2022

    How One Writer's Research Shed New Light on the Century-Old

    How One Writer's Research Shed New Light on the Century-Old "Bloody Bender" Mystery

    Susan Jonusas explains how an intense archival investigation led to new insights on one of the American West's most notorious crimes.

    By Susan Jonusas | March 1, 2022

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