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Never Too Old for Murder: Why an Elderly Woman Character Is the Perfect Serial Killer

Never Too Old for Murder: Why an Elderly Woman Character Is the Perfect Serial Killer

Samantha Downing on Using Ageism and Gendered Assumptions to Hide in Plain Sight

By Samantha Downing | August 12, 2025

"I’m looking for a good place to kill someone": Katarina Bivald on Setting Her Book's Murder

The Author of "Just Another Dead Author" Wanders the Silk Weaver Quarters and Fishbone Tunnels of Lyon

By Katarina Bivald | August 12, 2025

LGBTQIA+ Crime Fiction Summer 2025 Reads For Every Reader

LGBTQIA+ Crime Fiction Summer 2025 Reads For Every Reader

Check out these new and upcoming novels from queer writers!

By Queer Crime Writers | August 11, 2025

Puzzle Me a Mystery: Solve the Puzzle to Find the Killer

Puzzle Me a Mystery: Solve the Puzzle to Find the Killer

"In these five mysteries, puzzles figure prominently in the thread of the plot."

By Roz Noonan | August 11, 2025

Alex Pavesi on the Uncanny Practicality of Setting Crime Novels in the Recent Past

Alex Pavesi on the Uncanny Practicality of Setting Crime Novels in the Recent Past

The Author of "Ink Ribbon Red" Evokes the Dreamlike Unreality of Life in the 1990s

By Alex Pavesi | August 7, 2025

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Genre, and Writing an Experimental Mystery Novel

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Genre, and Writing an Experimental Mystery Novel

Matthew Turbeville Chats with the Prolific Author about Her New Book "Fox" and More

By Matthew Coleman Turbeville | August 7, 2025

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"Any good story is a mystery": Rhys Bowen on Creating Tension in Historical Fiction

By Rhys Bowen | August 6, 2025

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As Seen on TV: Your Guide to Oregon-centric Films and Books

As Seen on TV: Your Guide to Oregon-centric Films and Books

Emmeline Duncan tours the many filming locations of the woodsy state

By Emmeline Duncan | August 5, 2025

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By CrimeReads | August 4, 2025

Writing What You Want to Learn: The Joy of Real-World Research When Crafting a Novel

Writing What You Want to Learn: The Joy of Real-World Research When Crafting a Novel

Vicki Delany Travels England for Tea, Coronation Chicken, and Knowledge

By Vicki Delany | August 4, 2025

Five Unreliable Narrators That Upend Expectations on Voice

Five Unreliable Narrators That Upend Expectations on Voice

Irenosen Okojie looks at "revelatory characters from five astounding books."

By Irenosen Okojie | August 1, 2025

"I Do"...Plan the Perfect Crime: Seven Cozy Mysteries That Revolve Around Weddings

Valerie (V.M.) Burns Says "Yes" to Capers from Catherine Bruns, Isis Crawford, Lee Hollis, and Others

By V. M. Burns | August 1, 2025

A Magician's Contract Between Reader and Writer: Rules for Delivering a Whodunit

A Magician's Contract Between Reader and Writer: Rules for Delivering a Whodunit

Hazell Ward on S.S. Van Dine, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," and Playing with Audience Expectations

By Hazell Ward | July 30, 2025

The Heart's Darkness: Mary Watson on the Real-Life Murder That Drew Her to Mysteries

The Heart's Darkness: Mary Watson on the Real-Life Murder That Drew Her to Mysteries

The Author of "The Cleaner" Mulls Clue, "Lord of the Flies," and a Formative Memory of Violence

By Mary Watson | July 29, 2025

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