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    Thirty Years Later, <em>Thelma & Louise</em>’s Impact Is Stronger Than Ever

    Thirty Years Later, Thelma & Louise’s Impact Is Stronger Than Ever

    Friendship, revenge, and two women who just weren't going to put up with it anymore.

    By Nicolas DiDomizio | May 24, 2021

    Cozy Mysteries Featuring Delicious (and Doable) Recipes

    Cozy Mysteries Featuring Delicious (and Doable) Recipes

    "The trouble with writing culinary cozies is that people don’t just read the recipes, they make them. Which means the author had better be sure they taste good."

    By Krista Davis | May 24, 2021

    Why Crime Fiction Is The Perfect Expression of Slavic Melancholy

    Why Crime Fiction Is The Perfect Expression of Slavic Melancholy

    "Every Russian literary work is a crime novel"

    By Yelena Moskovich | May 21, 2021

    Vancouver: Books and Murder in Terminal City

    Vancouver: Books and Murder in Terminal City

    Crime and the City visits the rain-soaked mean streets of Vancouver for a look at the latest in Canadian crime writing.

    By Paul French | May 21, 2021

    Safecrackers in Fact and Fiction

    Safecrackers in Fact and Fiction

    Gentlemen Thieves, Consummate Professionals, and Modern-Day Robin Hoods

    By Ashley Weaver | May 21, 2021

    Coming To Terms With ‘Lost,’ All These Years Later

    Coming To Terms With ‘Lost,’ All These Years Later

    It was a wild, sprawling show full of mysteries that were never solved and a finale that angered viewers. Maybe that's okay.

    By Keith Roysdon | May 21, 2021

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    Serious Trouble: Writing Character Driven Thrillers

    Serious Trouble: Writing Character Driven Thrillers

    "Knowing your character well is the key to unlocking your novel’s structure, the rope that foists you out of the dark pit."

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    The Late 70s and Early 1980s Heyday of Spain’s Costa del Crime

    The Late 70s and Early 1980s Heyday of Spain’s Costa del Crime

    Spain's Costa del Sol was once the go-to destination for Brits on holiday—and a safe haven for the UK's most notorious criminals.

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    The Art of Writing About Psychopaths: A Roundtable

    The Art of Writing About Psychopaths: A Roundtable

    Caroline Kepnes, Naben Ruthnum, Edwin Hill, Caroline Louise Walker, Joanna Schaffhausen, and Lisa Levy break down the many psychopaths who populate our worlds, fictional and otherwise.

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    A Love Letter to the Late, Great Charles Grodin

    A Love Letter to the Late, Great Charles Grodin

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    A List of Novels That Aren't Mysteries But Are Nonetheless Full of Suspense

    A List of Novels That Aren't Mysteries But Are Nonetheless Full of Suspense

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    On Murder, Metafiction, and Mashups

    On Murder, Metafiction, and Mashups

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    One Night in Paris: How the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East Begins

    One Night in Paris: How the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East Begins

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