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Reading Flawed Protagonists: Relatability Versus Likeability

Reading Flawed Protagonists: Relatability Versus Likeability

In order to depict people who are human, I think it is an absolute prerequisite that they be flawed in some way.

By Bracken MacLeod | August 16, 2021

The Double Mother

The Double Mother

Michael Bussi, translated by Sam Taylor

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 16, 2021

Naomi Hirahara on Writing a New Historical Mystery About Post-Internment Life for Japanese-Americans

Naomi Hirahara on Writing a New Historical Mystery About Post-Internment Life for Japanese-Americans

The author's groundbreaking new novel takes on 1940's life for Japanese-Americans leaving California for Chicago.

By Désirée Zamorano | August 13, 2021

Tapping Into My Memories of the Catskills to Write a Mystery Novel

Tapping Into My Memories of the Catskills to Write a Mystery Novel

My grandmother's farm was much more than a home—it was a boardinghouse, a time capsule, and a source of inspiration.

By Kaitlyn Dunnett | August 13, 2021

Food and Mystery: A Perfect Pairing

Food and Mystery: A Perfect Pairing

Food is so much more than fuel for your characters—it can be the engine for your entire plot!

By Lucy Burdette | August 13, 2021

Dog Island

Dog Island

Philippe Claudel, translated by Euan Cameron

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 13, 2021

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Shop Talk: Steph Cha Writes Yelp Reviews, Works Jigsaw Puzzles, and Always Has a Blanket

By Eli Cranor | August 12, 2021

Die Hard with a Vengeance is the most relatable "summer in the city" movie ever

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 12, 2021

The Beautifully Skewed Insights of Protagonists with Uncertain Inner Lives

The Beautifully Skewed Insights of Protagonists with Uncertain Inner Lives

When a novel's worldview comes untethered from reality, that's when the magic happens.

By Brandon Graham | August 12, 2021

The Perfect Beers to Pair with Your Favorite Crime Novels

The Perfect Beers to Pair with Your Favorite Crime Novels

Reading some noir? Try some double IPA. And if you're making your way through a Poirot, you must have a Belgian Stout.

By Steven Tingle | August 12, 2021

Six Crime Novels Based on Real Cases

Six Crime Novels Based on Real Cases

Inspired by real events. But that's only the start.

By Sarah Warburton | August 11, 2021

What's the Secret to Writing a Bestseller? Hint: There Isn't One.

What's the Secret to Writing a Bestseller? Hint: There Isn't One.

"No one—and I mean no one, not your editor, not the publisher, not the critics—has any idea what makes one book sell millions of copies while other, often better, books do not."

By Joy Fielding | August 11, 2021

Using Fiction to Demonstrate the Power of Therapy

Using Fiction to Demonstrate the Power of Therapy

Shanora Williams takes mental health seriously. Her new psychological thriller warns against the dangers of letting trauma fester.

By Shanora Williams | August 11, 2021

Six Great Gothic Castles from Literature

Six Great Gothic Castles from Literature

"The walls of my castle are broken; the shadows are many, and the wind breathes cold through the broken battlements..."

By Veronica Bond | August 11, 2021

Florence Rush and the Providence White Slavers

Florence Rush and the Providence White Slavers

The profitable panic that inspired both journalists and crime writers to focus on the (extremely exaggerated) crisis of "white slavery"

By Curtis Evans | August 10, 2021

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