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    Saved By Quilting: A Crime Writer's Ode To Crafting

    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.

    By Bruce Leonard | February 7, 2022

    Sleuth Youths

    Sleuth Youths

    Enduring lessons from three great junior detectives of literature

    By Stuart Gibbs | February 4, 2022

    Finding Inspiration At A Former Military Base on the Big Island

    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.

    By Robert McCaw | February 3, 2022

    Beyond Helpmates and Victims: The Rise of the Proto-Feminist Detective Novel

    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."

    By Michelle Birkby | February 3, 2022

    Sherlock Holmes's Artistic Ancestry

    Sherlock Holmes's Artistic Ancestry

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

    By Timothy Miller | February 2, 2022

    The Nosy Neighbor in Crime Fiction: Busybodies, Gossips, and Internet Sleuths

    The Nosy Neighbor in Crime Fiction: Busybodies, Gossips, and Internet Sleuths

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

    By Allison Buccola | February 2, 2022

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    By Lara Elena Donnelly | February 2, 2022

    Hanslope Park: The True Home of Britain's Spy Gadgets

    By T.A. Willberg | February 1, 2022

    The Curious Fate of Care Leavers in Crime Fiction

    By Sarah Hilary | January 31, 2022

    So You Want to Marry a Mystery Writer

    So You Want to Marry a Mystery Writer

    Or, humorous relationship advice from the Victorian Era.

    By Elizabeth C. Bunce | January 31, 2022

    Into The Maze: A British Author Heads To Corn Country

    Into The Maze: A British Author Heads To Corn Country

    Small towns, big agriculture, Midwestern charm and corporate shenanigans.

    By Erin Young | January 28, 2022

    On <em>The Afterparty</em> and the Rise of the

    On The Afterparty and the Rise of the "Millennial Whodunnit"

    Olivia Rutigliano takes stock of the playful new mystery series

    By Olivia Rutigliano | January 28, 2022

    The Life and Times of John Street, aka John Rhode, aka Vintage Mystery’s Master of Murder Means

    The Life and Times of John Street, aka John Rhode, aka Vintage Mystery’s Master of Murder Means

    Through decades and hundreds of novels, the man was never at a loss for a good plot.

    By Curtis Evans | January 27, 2022

    The Diabolical Witchcraft of MI9: How British Intelligence Encouraged POWs to Escape and Gather Intelligence

    The Diabolical Witchcraft of MI9: How British Intelligence Encouraged POWs to Escape and Gather Intelligence

    Silk maps, coded messages, and ration tins...

    By Stephanie Graves | January 27, 2022

    Winter, Wellies, and Whisky

    Winter, Wellies, and Whisky

    Why Scotland Is The Coziest Setting of All

    By Traci Hall | January 26, 2022

    Art Imitating Life Imitating Art

    Art Imitating Life Imitating Art

    Rick Mofina on the crazy mixed-up world of novels following life and life following novels, and on and on it goes...

    By Rick Mofina | January 26, 2022

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