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The Greatest True Spy Stories
A look at some of the wildest, most revelatory nonfiction books about espionage and the life of spies.
By
Ava Glass
| August 2, 2022
On The Comforts, and Limits, of Disaster Preparedness
"You can prep all you want and have fun doing it. But it’s impossible to prepare for the worst. The worst has too many faces."
By
Brooke Beyfuss
| July 28, 2022
Why Are Online Games So Addictive? Because They're Designed to Be.
"Today’s games have been honed by the manufacturer’s team of behavioral psychologists and lots of experimentation..."
By
Lisa Black
| July 25, 2022
Top Secret: The Allure of the Confidential File
"A file stamped confidential will always be a temptation, an invitation to peek into lives and stories we’re not supposed to see..."
By
Anika Scott
| July 12, 2022
Munich: Raise a Beer to Southern German Crime Writing
Crime and the City visits the Bavarian capital
By
Paul French
| July 11, 2022
A Question of Character: On James Patterson and Diversity in Crime Fiction
What makes crime fiction today so exciting is the diversity and complexity of characters.
By
E.A. Aymar
| July 5, 2022
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Eight Novels Exploring the Transgressions of Young Women
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Alanna Schubach
| June 27, 2022
The Real Dangers of Conspiracy Fiction
By
Alan Drew
| June 24, 2022
Norman Lloyd, King of the Hitchcock Collaborators
By
Keith Roysdon
| June 24, 2022
All Agents Defect: Espionage in the Films of David Cronenberg
While the director is often tied up with body horror, the great themes of espionage fiction are present in nearly all his work.
By
Zach Vasquez
| June 21, 2022
Richard O'Rawe Talks Craft, Crime, and Irish History
"[W]hether you’re writing a heist book, or a thriller, the thought process is the same."
By
Molly Odintz
| June 21, 2022
Summer Fiction Preview:
19 YA Novels Perfect For Mystery and Thriller Fans
Gothics, whodunnits, psychologicals, historicals, and more than one parody of Fire Fest.
By
Molly Odintz
| June 16, 2022
My First Thriller: Steven James
How the bestselling author moves between serial killer novels and Sunday school stories.
By
Rick Pullen
| June 16, 2022
The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel
The trick is to have your spies embrace "techniques that used to be valuable, but are probably hardly ever employed these days."
By
Richard A. Clarke
| June 14, 2022
Missed Targets: Seven Attempted Assassination Thrillers
"[W]hile [these titles] might take license with the details of history, they remained faithful to the important facts and the big ideas"
By
William Martin
| June 10, 2022
How the CIA's Cuba Debacles Brought the Future Watergate Conspirators Together
Jefferson Morley on the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs, the CIA's evolving plans in Cuba, and the people the Agency brought together.
By
Jefferson Morley
| June 9, 2022
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