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Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel
"[A]sk yourself: What does my main character need most on her journey—and how can my love interest provide that?"
By
Elissa Grossell Dickey
| August 8, 2022
High Noon in Bedford Falls: 'Cop Land' at 25
The 1997 film from James Mangold was part western, part noir, and a deeply nuanced portrait of America.
By
Zach Vasquez
| August 5, 2022
Exploring a Reckless Vision of Los Angeles, with Ed Brubaker
Alex Segura in conversation with Ed Brubaker about his graphic crime novel series
By
Alex Segura
| August 3, 2022
Sunburns, Sex, and Squatters: Angst and Stress in California Noir
Or, how to write a California crime novel when you've never actually been to Los Angeles.
By
Caroline Macon Fleischer
| August 1, 2022
Shop Talk: Dwyer Murphy on Writing Routines, Superstitions, and Reading Elmore Leonard Like a Bible
Crime writers talking craft, classics, and too much coffee.
By
Eli Cranor
| July 28, 2022
Some Things in Anthony Bourdain's Trip to Taipei Made No Sense
Almost a decade after the episode aired, author Ed Lin still finds himself thinking about Bourdain's trip to Taiwan.
By
Ed Lin
| July 27, 2022
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
August, 1896: A Heat Wave Spawns a Crime Wave in Gilded Age New York
By
W. H. Flint
| July 27, 2022
10 Underappreciated American Neo-Noirs of the Early 1970s
By
Andrew Nette
| July 26, 2022
My First Thriller: Laura Lippman
By
Rick Pullen
| July 21, 2022
Exploring the Complexity of Love Through Crafting A Criminal Family
"I knew what it was like for my family to love me, but also do and say things that hurt me too."
By
Alex Temblador
| July 15, 2022
Liz Michalski On Peter Pan, Motherhood, and the Meaning of Perpetual Youth
"Peter Pan’s story has been told for years — now it’s the turn of the Darling women."
By
Molly Odintz
| July 14, 2022
Theater and Other
Criminal Acts
What famous crime stories and films borrow from theater
By
Ann Aptaker
| July 13, 2022
Five Mystery Novels Set in Speculative Worlds
"But what if in addition to discovering things about the crime, you were also discovering things about a new and speculative world at the same time?"
By
B. L. Blanchard
| July 8, 2022
The Detective at Leisure: 8 Books In Which Characters Solve Crimes While On Vacation
Sarah Stewart Taylor on the beloved trope of the Busman's Holiday.
By
Sarah Stewart Taylor
| July 7, 2022
Shop Talk: James Kestrel on Writing Novels During Lunch in Quiet Honolulu Bars
Crime writers talking writing routines, revision, and finding the right bar atmosphere for an epic crime novel.
By
Eli Cranor
| July 7, 2022
Jason Starr on Satire, Alternate Realities, and Failing Marriages
Starr discusses his new reality-bending, Philip K. Dick inspired crime novel.
By
Scott Adlerberg
| July 1, 2022
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