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    Puzzle Me a Mystery: Solve the Puzzle to Find the Killer

    Puzzle Me a Mystery: Solve the Puzzle to Find the Killer

    "In these five mysteries, puzzles figure prominently in the thread of the plot."

    By Roz Noonan | August 11, 2025

    Justice, Appearances, and Reality: Victor Suthammanont On Crafting a Legal Thriller With No Easy Resolution

    Justice, Appearances, and Reality: Victor Suthammanont On Crafting a Legal Thriller With No Easy Resolution

    Crime fiction is neat. Real life is messy. And the best novels hit somewhere in between.

    By Victor Suthammanont | August 8, 2025

    Teaching Daughters to Bite Back—Female Violence as Power in Horror

    Teaching Daughters to Bite Back—Female Violence as Power in Horror

    "Modern-day horror gives women dimension in a way that we’ve been denied."

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    Virginia Trench: Elizabeth Holmes Inspired My Debut—But Not In The Way You Think

    On bad blood, feminist thrillers, and the Holmes Effect

    By Virginia Trench | August 8, 2025

    Alex Pavesi on the Uncanny Practicality of Setting Crime Novels in the Recent Past

    Alex Pavesi on the Uncanny Practicality of Setting Crime Novels in the Recent Past

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    Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Genre, and Writing an Experimental Mystery Novel

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