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    How to Write a Memorable Hit Man: A Conversation Among Connoisseurs

    Andy Rausch and Michael Gonzales discuss their favorite hit men, lessons learned from Elmore Leonard, and the new anthology, 'Dead End Jobs'

    July 23, 2021  By Michael Gonzales
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    10 Crime Novels Full of Style, Plot, and Dark Humor

    Samantha Downing on the thrillers that taught her how to write.

    July 22, 2021  By Samantha Downing
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    Villains and Victims: The Role of Animals in Crime Fiction

    Why it's time to do away with literary taboos and confront violence against animals.

    July 22, 2021  By Greg Buchanan
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    Seven Mysteries Filled with Family Members

    In these novels, families go to extreme lengths to close ranks, keep secrets, and take their revenge.

    July 22, 2021  By S. C. Perkins
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    Very Bad People: Exclusive Cover Reveal

    Kit Frick

    "We are the Bolan sisters. Calliope, Lorelei, and Serafina."

    July 21, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Nine Books With Plots Pulled From Real Life

    Literature can fill in the emotional gaps of true crime and reportage.

    July 21, 2021  By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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    When Exactly Was 'The Golden Age' of Detective Fiction? It's a Mystery.

    "Defining what is a mystery is just as elusive as pinpointing its invention."

    July 21, 2021  By Otto Penzler
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    How To Turn Your Happy Place Into a Setting for A Psychological Thriller

    "Knowing a place inside and out means I can write a page-turner about it."

    July 21, 2021  By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
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    In These Six Thrillers, The Natural World Is a Character, Not Just a Setting

    Novels that explore the great (and sometimes terrifying) outdoors.

    July 20, 2021  By Elisabeth de Mariaffi
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    Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

    She was a senior intelligence analyst. He was a Moscow bureau chief. Now they're both writing spy thrillers.

    July 20, 2021  By Alma Katsu
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