• Features

    When is a Character’s Dishonesty Justified?

    "[W]hen is it ethical...for characters to do a great right, by doing a little wrong?"

    September 14, 2023  By R. J. Jacobs
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    (Un)Safe Harbor: Thrillers Set in Remote Island Locations

    These novels use their beautiful, wild, windswept settings to build suspense.

    September 14, 2023  By Anna Porter
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    An Appreciation of Gardening Detectives

    From Wilkie Collins to the present day, crime writers have often crafted "horticulturally inclined" sleuths.

    September 13, 2023  By Marta McDowell
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    Cozy Mysteries with Furry Sidekicks

    Holly Danvers explains a proud cozy mystery tradition...and why she wrote her neighbor, the Siberian Husky, into her latest novel.

    September 13, 2023  By Holly Danvers
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    7 Crime Novels Set in Sin City

    Explore Las Vegas with these delightfully seedy thrillers.

    September 13, 2023  By Robert Swartwood
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    Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller

    On Marrying Life-or-Death Stakes with the Trials of Suburbia

    September 13, 2023  By Lee Kelly
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    On Crime and Its Discontents

    "Every crime is a breach and a break and a sundering. It splits time. It shatters the ethical axis. But it reveals hidden things in a culture, or a nation."

    September 12, 2023  By Ben Okri
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    When True Crime Meets Police Brutality

    True-crime accounts of someone killed by police shouldn’t be any different from other murder investigations, but they are.

    September 12, 2023  By Justine Barron
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    Celebrating the Iconic Suspense of Lois Duncan

    Lois Duncan’s horror and suspense books for young adults served as roadmaps to growing up, surviving trauma, and becoming our true selves.

    September 12, 2023  By Luisa Colón
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    My First Thriller: Jeneva Rose Is in Her Own World

    How the bestselling author spurned the traditional publishing world and found her own way to writing success.

    September 12, 2023  By Rick Pullen
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