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You Don't Have to Be a Genre Writer to Explore Genre

You Don't Have to Be a Genre Writer to Explore Genre

6 genre-bending classics that prove the merit of mixing things together for spectacular results.

By Chris Mooney | August 31, 2020

We Need Crime Fiction, Because the Real World Is a Dark and Dangerous Place

We Need Crime Fiction, Because the Real World Is a Dark and Dangerous Place

Forging Empowerment from Darkness and Despair

By Tori Eldridge | August 31, 2020

Memories of a Coroner's Daughter

Memories of a Coroner's Daughter

How Growing Up With The Dead Made Me Into A Crime Writer

By Jennifer Graeser Dornbush | August 27, 2020

The Epitome of Villainy: 8 Dark Thrillers With Even Darker Antagonists

The Epitome of Villainy: 8 Dark Thrillers With Even Darker Antagonists

Modern thrillers with unforgettable villains.

By Michael Laurence | August 26, 2020

The Greatest Crime Film of All-Time: The Third Man

The Greatest Crime Film of All-Time: The Third Man

Graham Greene's postwar Vienna crime opus takes center stage.

By Otto Penzler | August 24, 2020

When

When "The Other Woman" Becomes the Main Character

From the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

By Unlikeable Female Characters | August 21, 2020

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Jack Reacher and The Grand Unified Theory of Thrillers

By Malcolm Gladwell | August 20, 2020

Seven Novels That Use Weather to Enhance the Suspense

By Jody Gehrman | August 20, 2020

Lawrence Osborne's Uncanny Bangkok

By Dwyer Murphy | August 18, 2020

My First Thriller: David Morrell

My First Thriller: David Morrell

How the 'First Blood' author went from being a graduate student writing Faulkner imitations to reinventing the action novel.

By Rick Pullen | August 13, 2020

My Pandemic Master Class with <em>The Silence of the Lambs</em>

My Pandemic Master Class with The Silence of the Lambs

What I learned from re-reading Thomas Harris in lockdown.

By Julia Heaberlin | August 11, 2020

He Made His West London Youth Into a Spy Novel. It Wasn't Such a Stretch After All.

He Made His West London Youth Into a Spy Novel. It Wasn't Such a Stretch After All.

"I didn’t get to choose which side I could stand on. That was decided for me dependent solely on race and religion."

By Khurrum Rahman | August 10, 2020

It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

Catherine Ryan Howard explains why we need to stop turning killers into dark magicians and to acknowledge the institutional failures and simple mistakes behind their monstrosities.

By Catherine Ryan Howard | August 3, 2020

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Evolution

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Evolution

Brian Freeman

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 31, 2020

How a Lost Laptop and an Encounter with Criminal Bullfighters Saved My Novel

How a Lost Laptop and an Encounter with Criminal Bullfighters Saved My Novel

Learning to write when inspiration strikes.

By Stan Parish | July 28, 2020

All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?

All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?

Fifty years later, Donald Westlake's passion for the logistics of crime captures our imaginations.

By Nick Kolakowski | July 24, 2020

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