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    Death at the Fair: A Cozy Mystery Tradition

    Death at the Fair: A Cozy Mystery Tradition

    5 cozy mystery series featuring murder in the midst of festivities, to make you feel better about all those canceled events....

    By Elizabeth Penney | August 24, 2020

    What Is the Canadian Dream? And How Do You Write About It?

    What Is the Canadian Dream? And How Do You Write About It?

    In part two of a roundtable discussion, women crime authors discuss systemic injustice, police brutality, and pandemic writing.

    By Lisa Levy | August 21, 2020

    Why Motherhood Is a Fertile Subject For Crime Fiction

    Why Motherhood Is a Fertile Subject For Crime Fiction

    Psychological thrillers allow writers to explore the ambiguities and dark realities of parenting.

    By Sarah Vaughan | August 21, 2020

    Why Are We So Fascinated by Houses in Literature?

    Why Are We So Fascinated by Houses in Literature?

    On the profoundly disturbing notion that home is not safe, and we are prisoners within our own walls.

    By Kate Riordan | August 21, 2020

    The Sordid World of <br>1970s Hotels

    The Sordid World of
    1970s Hotels

    Mosquitoes in the bedroom, outlets in the light socket, and a dead body in the pool...

    By Hannah Dennison | August 21, 2020

    When

    When "The Other Woman" Becomes the Main Character

    From the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | August 21, 2020

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    Jack Reacher and The Grand Unified Theory of Thrillers

    By Malcolm Gladwell | August 20, 2020

    The Women of Canadian Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

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    Music History, Noir, and the Plot Against Hip Hop

    Music History, Noir, and the Plot Against Hip Hop

    Author, filmmaker, and music journalist Nelson George on the book-within-a-book that appears in all his novels.

    By Nelson George | August 20, 2020

    Seven Novels That Use Weather to Enhance the Suspense

    Seven Novels That Use Weather to Enhance the Suspense

    The Forecast Calls for...Murder!

    By Jody Gehrman | August 20, 2020

    Kylie Schachte on Empathy, Vulnerability, and Teenage Girls as Natural Detectives

    Kylie Schachte on Empathy, Vulnerability, and Teenage Girls as Natural Detectives

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    By Unlikeable Female Characters | August 20, 2020

    The Bangtail Ghost

    The Bangtail Ghost

    Keith McAfferty

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 20, 2020

    What I Learned About Myself While Tallying The Body Count of Ozark's First Season

    What I Learned About Myself While Tallying The Body Count of Ozark's First Season

    Why do we have such a good time watching the spectacle of on-screen violence?

    By David Thomson | August 19, 2020

    Five Flawed Characters You’ll Learn to Appreciate

    Five Flawed Characters You’ll Learn to Appreciate

    Forget traditional rubrics of likability. Depth is much more interesting.

    By Amy Stuart | August 19, 2020

    'She Has Haunted Me:' Virginia Woolf, Mothers and Me

    'She Has Haunted Me:' Virginia Woolf, Mothers and Me

    On Grief, Memory, Fiction, and Motherhood

    By Maggie Humm | August 19, 2020

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