• Genres

    Six Thrillers That Use Unusual Structures to Build Suspense

    These authors build suspense through their unique story structures.

    October 15, 2021  By Nicole Mabry and Steph Mullin
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    The Five Most Realistic PIs in Fiction

    Elizabeth Breck, author and licensed private investigator, on the fictional sleuths who do the job right.

    October 15, 2021  By Elizabeth Breck
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    The Charm of the Paranormal Cozy: An Appreciation

    Featuring magical culinary treats, faithful animal companions, spellbinding bookstores, and even the occasional ghostly visitor!

    October 15, 2021  By Auralee Wallace
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    Under Your Skin: The Horror of the Inexplicable

    "it’s the off-kilter portrayal of the mundane, where reality comes unstitched in a vaguely sickening way, that really gets under your fingernails..."

    October 15, 2021  By Andy Marino
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    Shop Talk: S.A. Cosby Is Late to This Interview and It's Because of Some Dead Bodies

    Crime writers talking writing routines, putting in the work, and what to do when you get a call in the middle of the night about some bodies.

    October 14, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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    Mysterious and Haunted New York City

    Kate Belli on the city's haunted locations and the authors inspired by them.

    October 14, 2021  By Kate Belli
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    Steph Cha On Editing The Best American Mystery Series During An Unprecedented Year

    "2020 was full of desperation and injustice and crime, and if mystery writers are paying attention (and I know we are) it should have a transformative effect on the genre."

    October 14, 2021  By Steph Cha
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    Tony Hillerman and the Invention of Jim Chee

    Joe Leaphorn, older and sophisticated, needed a new foil—one younger, more interested in tradition, and more inquisitive.

    October 14, 2021  By James McGrath Morris
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    High-Tech Skullduggery in the Regency Era

    A historical mystery writer considers intrigue, patent wars, and corporate espionage at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.

    October 14, 2021  By Andrea Penrose
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    That Gothic Feeling: 11 Masterpieces of Romantic Suspense

    Greg Herren on 20th century gothic fiction and the novels that made him fall in love with a genre.

    October 13, 2021  By Greg Herren
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