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January's Best International Crime Fiction

January's Best International Crime Fiction

Fashionistas in Ghana, old soldiers in Italy, and medical malfeasance in Denmark

By Molly Odintz | January 29, 2021

How Do You Write an Isolation Thriller When Everyone Is Connected All of the Time?

How Do You Write an Isolation Thriller When Everyone Is Connected All of the Time?

A classic thriller trope may be on its way to retirement.

By Zoje Stage | January 29, 2021

It Takes a Village To Keep a Book In Print: A Chat with the Collins Crime Club

It Takes a Village To Keep a Book In Print: A Chat with the Collins Crime Club

Publishing director David Brawn on the first African-American detective novel and a new golden age of reissued classics.

By CrimeReads | January 29, 2021

My First Thriller: Randy Wayne White

My First Thriller: Randy Wayne White

How he went from guiding fishing clients to writing magazine columns to creating Doc Ford and a bestselling series of novels.

By Rick Pullen | January 28, 2021

On the Art of the Plot Twist

On the Art of the Plot Twist

"Psycho" and "Les Diaboliques" shocked audiences with their unpredictable revelations. What made them so effective?

By Milan Terlunen | January 28, 2021

A Science Fiction Author's Pointers for Worldbuilding with Negative Space

A Science Fiction Author's Pointers for Worldbuilding with Negative Space

"A great deal of worldbuilding can happen with what is left unsaid."

By Stina Leicht | January 28, 2021

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Books of the Week

What You May Not Know About Your Father, The Spy

By Paul Vidich | January 27, 2021

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

By Curtis Evans | January 27, 2021

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

By Thomas H. Carry | January 27, 2021

Millenial Cozies: A New Generation Discovers the Joys of the Cozy Mystery

Millenial Cozies: A New Generation Discovers the Joys of the Cozy Mystery

Cozy mysteries are experiencing a revival as younger voices turn to writing (and reading) more of this charming genre.

By Kate Lansing | January 26, 2021

10 Novels That Explore True Crime Obsession

10 Novels That Explore True Crime Obsession

Obsessed with true crime? So are these characters!

By Eliza Jane Brazier | January 26, 2021

Part of the Family

Part of the Family

Charlotte Philby

By CrimeReads Excerpts | January 26, 2021

Warsaw: Eastern Europe’s Capital of Crime Fiction

Warsaw: Eastern Europe’s Capital of Crime Fiction

A city of spies, disenchanted lawyers, and novelists.

By Paul French | January 25, 2021

Dark Minds: How Crime Fiction Reveals the True Nature of Sociopaths

Dark Minds: How Crime Fiction Reveals the True Nature of Sociopaths

Charming, fearless, and manipulative sociopaths have always been with us, in fiction and in reality.

By Joanna Schaffhausen | January 25, 2021

So, who is Arsène Lupin, anyway?

So, who is Arsène Lupin, anyway?

Everything you need to know about turn-of-the-century-France's beloved, detection-prone gentleman thief

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 22, 2021

Six Perfectly Alluring Academic Mysteries

Six Perfectly Alluring Academic Mysteries

From libraries to dining halls, from manslaughter to murder

By Edwin Hill | January 22, 2021

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