• Genres

    On the Art of the Plot Twist

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

    January 28, 2021  By Milan Terlunen
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    A Science Fiction Author's Pointers for Worldbuilding with Negative Space

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

    January 28, 2021  By Stina Leicht
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    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.

    January 27, 2021  By Paul Vidich
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    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

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

    January 27, 2021  By Curtis Evans
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    Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

    A look at five films where morality is supplanted by need

    January 27, 2021  By Thomas H. Carry
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    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.

    January 26, 2021  By Kate Lansing
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    10 Novels That Explore True Crime Obsession

    Obsessed with true crime? So are these characters!

    January 26, 2021  By Eliza Jane Brazier
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    Part of the Family

    Charlotte Philby

    "here is no going back now. The taxi glides away from the house, down the street towards South End Green, retreating effortlessly from my family home, away from the expensive brickwork and tended gardens I will never see again."

    January 26, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Warsaw: Eastern Europe’s Capital of Crime Fiction

    A city of spies, disenchanted lawyers, and novelists.

    January 25, 2021  By Paul French
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    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.

    January 25, 2021  By Joanna Schaffhausen
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