• Features

    Secrets, Smartphones, Social Media, and Suspense

    Or, How To Incorporate Modern Technology into Your Thriller Without Looking Dated

    January 21, 2021  By Ellery Lloyd
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    What Writing About the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Taught Me About the Madness of Crowds

    A historical fiction author considers a sixteenth century atrocity with too many lessons for the present, and the role of fiction in representing the past.

    January 21, 2021  By Kate Mosse
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    Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, 70 Years Later

    The author of The Girl on the Train appreciates Highsmith's uniquely sickening vision of humanity.

    January 20, 2021  By Paula Hawkins
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    Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

    Shakespeare's villain, in all his treachery and complexity, still resonates, centuries later.

    January 20, 2021  By Chris Harding Thornton
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    Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

    The human brain works in fascinating, diverse ways, and authors should strive to represent those modes in fiction.

    January 20, 2021  By Josh Stallings
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    The Most Notorious Lonely Hearts Killers of All-Time

    Six serial killers who found their victims through personal ads

    January 20, 2021  By Camilla Bruce
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    January 19, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Patricia Highsmith and the Women Who Inspired Ripley

    In 1950, Highsmith went to Positano with a glamorous, wealthy young Londoner. A year later, she traveled there again, with a new companion, at the tail end of a manic journey across Europe.

    January 19, 2021  By Richard Bradford
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    When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

    Poe's contemporaries and forebears had a lot to say about the new genre, and his detective, the brilliant Dupin

    January 19, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Forget Bones and CSI: The Real Business of Forensics is Grueling and Not At All Glamorous

    In an era where expert work is under siege, a tour of forensics today shows a profession that takes its work very, very seriously.

    January 19, 2021  By Beth A. Bechky
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