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    Before Starting Your Next Novel, Consider Hitting the Open Road First

    Before Starting Your Next Novel, Consider Hitting the Open Road First

    Nick Petrie couldn't find the right idea for the next novel in his series. So he just started driving.

    By Nick Petrie | January 19, 2022

    A (Partial) List of YA Mysteries That Crime Readers Will Love

    A (Partial) List of YA Mysteries That Crime Readers Will Love

    These 2021 and 2022 titles are sure to please fans of YA and crime fiction equally.

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    Twentysomething Spies: A Rare Breed in the Annals of Espionage Literature

    Twentysomething Spies: A Rare Breed in the Annals of Espionage Literature

    Charles Cumming on an elusive literary figure, the young spy.

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    The New Killers in Climate Disaster Thrillers

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    How a Career in the Foreign Service Prepared Me to Write Thrillers

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    Vandalism, Graffiti, and The Art of the Non-Belongers

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