• Genres

    Ashes in the Aspic: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding’s Life and Short Crime Fiction

    "Elisabeth Sanxay Holding [wrote] fiction which dared to divulge unsavory truths about her society..."

    March 16, 2023  By Curtis Evans
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    I Was a Teenage Pop Culture Detective

    Hector DeJean on the delights of discovering cultural offerings in the days before the internet.

    March 16, 2023  By Hector DeJean
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    Writing the Forest and the Trees

    "I consciously constructed each detail, because living somewhere so different made me hyper-aware of each detail."

    March 16, 2023  By Vibhuti Jain
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    J.A. Jance on Creating Believable Characters

    Behind every character that graces the page, there's a life story waiting to be discovered.

    March 15, 2023  By J.A. Jance
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    Jesse Q. Sutanto's Favorite Feel-Good Crime Novels of the Year

    It was a very good year for fun suspense and mysteries that can also make you laugh.

    March 15, 2023  By Jesse Q. Sutanto
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    James R. Benn On Finding Inspiration in the Strangeness of Everyday Moments

    Or, who's buried in Guy Topper's grave?

    March 15, 2023  By James R. Benn
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    A Sense of Place and The Weight of History: On Setting and Fiction

    "Setting is absolutely key, an extra dimension and a character that changes as much as any other."

    March 15, 2023  By Ian Moore
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    Sleeping with the Enemy: Alma Katsu's Reading List to Understand the Rise of the Oligarchs

    A former CIA analyst tees up why the Russian oligarchy in the UK remains a threat

    March 14, 2023  By Alma Katsu
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    Writing in the South—About Southern Women

    Kristen Bird on the archetype and defying expectations.

    March 14, 2023  By Kristen Bird
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    All in the Family: On the Mesmerizing Subgenre of Familial Crimes

    Or, six novels featuring skeletons that refuse to stay in the closet.

    March 14, 2023  By Katherine Higgs-Coulthard
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