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Why Belinda Bauer Is In Favor of Anthropomorphism in Fiction

Why Belinda Bauer Is In Favor of Anthropomorphism in Fiction

And why, in her new mystery, the victim is a bird.

By Belinda Bauer | April 15, 2025

10 Mysteries Set in the Bleak Midwinter

10 Mysteries Set in the Bleak Midwinter

Bailey Seybolt on the power of setting.

By Bailey Seybolt | April 15, 2025

5 New Thrillers (and One Classic Noir) to Read When You're Done with White Lotus

5 New Thrillers (and One Classic Noir) to Read When You're Done with White Lotus

Except honestly they might make you never want to travel again

By Molly Odintz | April 14, 2025

Robert Jackson Bennett On Crafting a Fantasy Murder Mystery

Robert Jackson Bennett On Crafting a Fantasy Murder Mystery

"It seems a curious choice, I suppose, to take a world of such huge stakes and instead focus on the small things"

By Robert Jackson Bennett | April 14, 2025

Jonathan Ames on Macdonald, Westlake, and Bringing a Touch of Buddhism to the Private Eye Novel

Jonathan Ames on Macdonald, Westlake, and Bringing a Touch of Buddhism to the Private Eye Novel

Tom Nolan and Jonathan Ames in a wide-ranging discussion of crime fiction past and present.

By Tom Nolan | April 14, 2025

The Terrifying Draw of the Desert

The Terrifying Draw of the Desert

Adam Plantinga on a lifelong fascination with the desert and its dangers.

By Adam Plantinga | April 11, 2025

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A Duty of Care: Barbara Early on Doing Justice to Jessica Fletcher

By John B. Valeri | April 11, 2025

Eric Rickstad and Don Winslow on Suspense, Serial Killers, and Dismantling Pop Culture Myths

By Don Winslow | April 10, 2025

Constructing a Fictional Serial Killer

By Omar Hussain | April 10, 2025

Small Towns and Murder Mysteries: An Enduring Fascination

Small Towns and Murder Mysteries: An Enduring Fascination

Kelly Mullen on Villisca, Iowa and the The Villisca Axe Murders

By Kelly Mullen | April 10, 2025

Lost Grandeur: Decaying Settings in Fiction

Lost Grandeur: Decaying Settings in Fiction

"There’s just something about the feeling of a place that has been deeply neglected..."

By C.J. Dotson | April 9, 2025

Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

Zee Carlstrom on writing more interesting characters.

By Zee Carlstrom | April 9, 2025

Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

"[E]very word is fighting for space on the page and on the screen...I get in, I say what I need to, and I get out."

By Jenny Bartoy | April 9, 2025

Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

"I can’t fathom writing a story that doesn’t have some romance element to it."

By Molly Harper | April 8, 2025

10 Great Haunted House Novels Full of Atmosphere and Secrets

10 Great Haunted House Novels Full of Atmosphere and Secrets

Yigit Turhan on some of the eeriest novels ever written.

By Yiğit Turhan | April 8, 2025

Why Tariq Ashkanani Chose to Set His New Novel in America

Why Tariq Ashkanani Chose to Set His New Novel in America

"There is freedom in being able to play a little fast and loose with the rules, a recurring motif that I find predominantly in US fiction."

By Tariq Ashkanani | April 8, 2025

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