• Mystery

    Book of Cold Cases

    Simone St. James

    "I was tired at work the next day, because I’d stayed up later than I should have, working on the Book of Cold Cases."

    February 10, 2022  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Sara Gran Considers The Art of Suspense

    Or, Five Pointers to Keep Your Readers Riveted

    February 8, 2022  By Sara Gran
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    Gone, But Not Forgotten: 12 Great Mystery Authors Readers Still Love

    Rick Bleiweiss on the dearly departed crime novelists he returns to again and again.

    February 7, 2022  By Rick Bleiweiss
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    Saved By Quilting: A Crime Writer's Ode To Crafting

    How moving to Paducah, Kentucky, the quilting capital of the world, helped one mystery novelist recover from deep depression.

    February 7, 2022  By Bruce Leonard
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    Sleuth Youths

    Enduring lessons from three great junior detectives of literature

    February 4, 2022  By Stuart Gibbs
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    Finding Inspiration At A Former Military Base on the Big Island

    There is much fodder for crime fiction in Hawaiʻi's long and complicated relationship with the US military.

    February 3, 2022  By Robert McCaw
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    Beyond Helpmates and Victims: The Rise of the Proto-Feminist Detective Novel

    "The star detective writers of the post-war period were all women—and working women too."

    February 3, 2022  By Michelle Birkby
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    Sherlock Holmes's Artistic Ancestry

    Why did Conan Doyle decide to connect his fictional character with the Vernets, a family of distinguished French artists?

    February 2, 2022  By Timothy Miller
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    The Nosy Neighbor in Crime Fiction: Busybodies, Gossips, and Internet Sleuths

    Allison Buccola on the ever-vigilant observer of local mysteries.

    February 2, 2022  By Allison Buccola
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    The Art of Throwing Truly Memorable Parties – In Suspense Novels

    Lara Elena Donnelly on dinner parties, galas, country weekends and the many tortures they inflict on characters with secrets to hide.

    February 2, 2022  By Lara Elena Donnelly
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