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    How Do You Write a Mystery When Every Plot Is Taken?

    How Do You Write a Mystery When Every Plot Is Taken?

    How to Mix Things Up, Do Justice to Tradition, and Still Keep Your Crime Writing Fresh

    By Tessa Wegert | March 9, 2020

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Need to Read This Month

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Need to Read This Month

    A banner month for these timely novels of suspense.

    By Lisa Levy | March 6, 2020

    Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

    Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

    Reading and re-reading mystery novels in pursuit of the platonic ideal of the undetectable, unsolvable crime.

    By Peter Swanson | March 6, 2020

    The Art of Letting Your Heroes Get Beat Up Now and Again

    The Art of Letting Your Heroes Get Beat Up Now and Again

    Sometimes the most powerful thing an author can do is kick a guy when he's down.

    By John McMahon | March 6, 2020

    Paul Vidich on Cold War Espionage, a CIA Cover-Up, and a Family Tragedy

    Paul Vidich on Cold War Espionage, a CIA Cover-Up, and a Family Tragedy

    The author's uncle was dosed with LSD and died outside a New York City hotel. Now, he's exploring that crime in a new thriller.

    By Kevin Larimer | March 6, 2020

    When The Casinos Came To Atlantic City...

    When The Casinos Came To Atlantic City...

    Tracing the Rise and Fall of a Resort Town Reinvented as a Gambling Den

    By Caitlin Mullen | March 6, 2020

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    The 19 Best Crime-Solving Writers in Fiction, Ranked

    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 5, 2020

    Discovery and Decay: Lost in the ’90s 

    By William Boyle | March 5, 2020

    The Homme Fatal: Reimagining a Noir Archetype

    By Russ Thomas | March 5, 2020

    Noir in the Land of Enchantment

    Noir in the Land of Enchantment

    "Conquered and reconquered, colonized and commodified, Santa Fe understands—from historical genocide to the murders of family members—the intimacy of violence."

    By Ariel Gore | March 5, 2020

    Cheerleaders, True Crime, and the American Dream

    Cheerleaders, True Crime, and the American Dream

    Dare Me, Cheer, and the prosecution of Brooke Skylar Richardson

    By Lizzy Steiner | March 4, 2020

    In 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle Took Dictation for His Dying Friend's Mystery Novel

    In 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle Took Dictation for His Dying Friend's Mystery Novel

    Grant Allen was a bestselling science writer, almost done with his serial Hilda Wade when he fell ill

    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 4, 2020

    The Sublime Isolation of the Scottish Isles

    The Sublime Isolation of the Scottish Isles

    Out of the way places make for the best mysteries, and other reasons why many a crime writer has heard the siren song of Scotland's 800+ islands.

    By Douglas Skelton | March 4, 2020

    Online Sleuths, Cold Cases, and The Early Days of a Very Particular Hobby

    Online Sleuths, Cold Cases, and The Early Days of a Very Particular Hobby

    Lori Rader-Day and Deborah Halber discuss crime-solving communities and the Doe Network.

    By Lori Rader-Day | March 4, 2020

    Fact, Fiction, and a DNA Surprise

    Fact, Fiction, and a DNA Surprise

    I usually take my plot ideas from real life headlines—but when a DNA test yielded an unexpected result, I decided to make my latest novel personal.

    By Betty Webb | March 4, 2020

    <em>Double Indemnity</em> isn’t <br>about bad people—<br>it’s about redemption

    Double Indemnity isn’t
    about bad people—
    it’s about redemption

    It's not a movie about doing terrible things, it's a movie about making mistakes (and owning up to them).

    By Michael Ledwidge | March 3, 2020

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