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    What We Write About When We Write About the Past

    What We Write About When We Write About the Past

    How to make historical fiction true to its time period, without making it stuffy. (Hint: the devil is in the details.)

    By Raymond Fleishchmann | January 24, 2020

    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    The books pushing at the boundaries of true crime storytelling.

    By Tobias Carroll | January 24, 2020

    Seven True Crime Books for Domestic-Suspense Lovers

    Seven True Crime Books for Domestic-Suspense Lovers

    Sometimes the scariest place to go... is home.

    By Lisa Levy | January 23, 2020

    The Master Thieves of 1970s Crime Fiction

    The Master Thieves of 1970s Crime Fiction

    In the gritty Seventies, cities were in decline, police forces grappled with corruption, and crime authors turned to the thieves.

    By Nathan Nance | January 23, 2020

    Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

    Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

    You stay away from the village fete, do you understand?

    By Maureen Johnson | January 23, 2020

    Announcing the 2020 Edgar Award Nominations

    Announcing the 2020 Edgar Award Nominations

    The Mystery Writers of America celebrate the genre's best.

    By CrimeReads | January 22, 2020

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    No Such Thing As a Nice Guy: Reading Andrea Dworkin and Watching You

    By Torrey Crim | January 22, 2020

    When Murder Is a Family Affair

    By Tiffany Tsao | January 22, 2020

    How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder

    By L.A. Villafane | January 22, 2020

    In Praise of the Richly Detailed Historical Crime Novel

    In Praise of the Richly Detailed Historical Crime Novel

    Celebrating historical mysteries that get the details right.

    By Burt Solomon | January 22, 2020

    Hostile Work Environment: Women in Today's Thrillers

    Hostile Work Environment: Women in Today's Thrillers

    The office is the pivotal new terrain for thrillers and gothic fiction.

    By Lisa Levy | January 21, 2020

    Death By Audio

    Death By Audio

    10 Books About the Mysterious World of Audiophiles

    By Luke Geddes | January 21, 2020

    Searching for a Los Angeles Cop Novel of My Own

    Searching for a Los Angeles Cop Novel of My Own

    L.A. is a city of iconic crime novels. Lee Goldberg went searching for new terrain.

    By Lee Goldberg | January 21, 2020

    Why Montana Inspires So Many Great Crime Authors

    Why Montana Inspires So Many Great Crime Authors

    The big, lonesome state is the perfect setting for crime fiction—and has drawn in some of the genre's greatest talents.

    By Chad Dundas | January 21, 2020

    Family Annihilation and <br>Toxic Masculinity

    Family Annihilation and
    Toxic Masculinity

    Fatal Vision, The Adversary, and the most heinous crime of all

    By Ani Katz | January 17, 2020

    What Books Would You Most Want To See Transformed into a Film or Series?

    What Books Would You Most Want To See Transformed into a Film or Series?

    A Political Thriller Writer's On-screen Adaptation Wishlist

    By Chris Hauty | January 17, 2020

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