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When You Can’t Call the Cops

When You Can’t Call the Cops

Michele Weinstat Miller endured rape, incarceration, and addiction and later became an attorney. She decided to write a thriller about people who don't feel safe calling the police.

By Michele Weinstat Miller | August 10, 2021

A Brief History of Cognac's POLAR Festival

A Brief History of Cognac's POLAR Festival

Since 1996, the city of Cognac has celebrated the art of the thriller with a convention that draws fans and authors from all over.

By Bernard Bec | August 9, 2021

Murder on the Move: Suspense Novels Set on Trains, Boats & Transport

Murder on the Move: Suspense Novels Set on Trains, Boats & Transport

Louise Candlish on the long, proud tradition of setting mysteries on moving vehicles.

By Louise Candlish | August 6, 2021

What Do You Read When the World Is Falling Apart? <br>Spy Fiction, Of Course.</br>

What Do You Read When the World Is Falling Apart?
Spy Fiction, Of Course.

Or, how reading Philip Kerr, Alan Furst, and John le Carré can help in processing overwhelming events.

By Tessa Lunney | August 6, 2021

Survivalist Thrillers: A Primer

Survivalist Thrillers: A Primer

These characters must channel their fear into a life-or-death battle against nature.

By Chevy Stevens | August 6, 2021

Ian Fleming's War and the Real-Life Operation Golden Eye

Ian Fleming's War and the Real-Life Operation Golden Eye

Fleming's wartime service in Gibraltar provided much fodder for his later writing (and inspiration for his gadgets).

By Mark Simmons | August 2, 2021

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Books of the Week

Why One of Venezuela's Most Prominent Journalists Turned to a Thriller to Tell the Story of What Is Happening to His Country

By Moisés Naím | August 2, 2021

Let's Talk About Sneakers, the Most Charming, Baffling Espionage/Heist Movie
of the 1990s

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 29, 2021

How Building My Dream House Became an American Nightmare

By Nickolas Butler | July 28, 2021

How a Crime Author Found the Inspiration to Write a Vampire Revenge Thriller Set in the 1970s Southwest

How a Crime Author Found the Inspiration to Write a Vampire Revenge Thriller Set in the 1970s Southwest

Wait...you're writing what?

By Richard Lange | July 27, 2021

Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

She was a senior intelligence analyst. He was a Moscow bureau chief. Now they're both writing spy thrillers.

By Alma Katsu | July 20, 2021

Defections and Detections: How a Sprawling Soviet Atomic Spy Network Was First Exposed

Defections and Detections: How a Sprawling Soviet Atomic Spy Network Was First Exposed

In postwar America, Soviet spies were busy gathering up atomic secrets. A series of defections soon threw the network into chaos.

By Ann Hagedorn | July 20, 2021

The Internet Made Crime Public. That's When Things Got Complicated.

The Internet Made Crime Public. That's When Things Got Complicated.

Amateur sleuths are everywhere online, and sometimes they're altering the course of investigations.

By Rozlan Mohd Noor | July 19, 2021

What’s a Nice Guy Like Me Doing in a Homicidal Place Like This?

What’s a Nice Guy Like Me Doing in a Homicidal Place Like This?

Ruminations on what drives decent, ordinary folks to write about murder and mayhem.

By John David Mann | July 14, 2021

Berlin in 1946 Was a Cultural Battlefield Unlike Any Before

Berlin in 1946 Was a Cultural Battlefield Unlike Any Before

The earliest battles of the Cold War took place in Berlin, where Soviets unleashed a complex program to win over German culture.

By Giles Milton | July 13, 2021

Sweden's Crime Writers and the Case of The Unregistered, Prepaid Cell Phone

Sweden's Crime Writers and the Case of The Unregistered, Prepaid Cell Phone

New legislation brings an uncertain future for Scandinavian detective fiction's favorite plotting device.

By Peter Mohlin and Peter Nystrom | July 13, 2021

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