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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

What You May Not Know About Your Father, The Spy

What You May Not Know About Your Father, The Spy

In 1951, Paul Vidich's family took a trip to the former Yugoslavia. Seventy years later, he asks whether his father was there spying.

By Paul Vidich | January 27, 2021

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

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

On Nevada’s 1940 "One-Cent Hitchhiker Slaying"

By Curtis Evans | January 27, 2021

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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

By Kate Lansing | January 26, 2021

10 Novels That Explore True Crime Obsession

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

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

In 1965, a pair of radical bohemian journalists invented Scandinavian Noir and reimagined what crime fiction could do.

By Neil Nyren | January 22, 2021

That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as

That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as "Herlock Sholmès"

When author Maurice Leblanc tried to write the great English detective into his latest Arsène Lupin story, Arthur Conan Doyle protested. Fortunately, Leblanc found a solution.

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 22, 2021

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