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Mining Gig Work for the Plot

Mining Gig Work for the Plot

Hannah Deitch recalls her days as the SAT tutor and how she turned that role into a crime novel.

By Hannah Deitch | March 18, 2025

7 Spectacular Books that Mix Mystery with Romance

7 Spectacular Books that Mix Mystery with Romance

Bellamy Rose on a classic combination of genres.

By Bellamy Rose | March 18, 2025

Sherlock Holmes in the World

Sherlock Holmes in the World

R.P. O'Donnell on Victorian era London and the strange circumstances that demanded a character like Sherlock Holmes.

By R.P. O'Donnell | March 17, 2025

5 Novels About Government Betrayal, Corruption, and Abuses of Power

5 Novels About Government Betrayal, Corruption, and Abuses of Power

"How can we convince more people to stand up for the rights of others? Maybe the answer lies in reading stories about all the ways power can be abused."

By Jacqueline Friedland | March 17, 2025

Criminals Don’t Take Holidays, Or, A Crime Writer's Take on St. Patrick's Day

Criminals Don’t Take Holidays, Or, A Crime Writer's Take on St. Patrick's Day

"Whatever the reason, crime and holidays often go together."

By Norman Birnbach and Tilia Klebenov Jacobs | March 17, 2025

6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

Aggie Blum Thompson on the art of the late chapter reveal.

By Aggie Blum Thompson | March 14, 2025

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Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

By Michael Nayak | March 14, 2025

The Best Psychological Thrillers of March 2025

By Molly Odintz | March 13, 2025

Jacqueline Faber: Rewriting Kitty Genovese on the 61st Anniversary of Her Murder

By Jacqueline Faber | March 13, 2025

How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

The author of 'Creep' reflects on her journey.

By Emma van Straaten | March 13, 2025

How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

On "the procedural as its own separate space in mystery storytelling."

By Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare | March 13, 2025

On Season One of <em>Search Party</em>

On Season One of Search Party

Olivia Rutigliano does a deep dive into one of the great, under-sung mystery pastiches

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 12, 2025

On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

Kate Maruyama on horror and...not fiction.

By Kate Maruyama | March 12, 2025

Why We Find Bad Friendships So Compelling, In Fiction and IRL

Why We Find Bad Friendships So Compelling, In Fiction and IRL

"The intensity of the connection becomes the intensity of the repulsion."

By Hayley Scrivenor | March 12, 2025

How a Career as a Diplomat Informed a Life as a Writer

How a Career as a Diplomat Informed a Life as a Writer

"[D]iplomatic life can look charming and elegant in movies. In reality, it can prove dangerous and stressful. What does this have to do with writing? Everything."

By Stephen Holgate | March 12, 2025

Nick Kolakowski on Mining the Past for a Hollywood Fixer Mystery

Nick Kolakowski on Mining the Past for a Hollywood Fixer Mystery

In 'Where the Bones Lie,' the usual Hollywood madness is spinning out of control.

By Nick Kolakowski | March 11, 2025

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