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    5 Compelling Reads for Mystery Romance Lovers

    5 Compelling Reads for Mystery Romance Lovers

    Just the right balance of love and suspense.

    By Lynn Slaughter | January 13, 2025

    Trailblazers of Queer Crime Fiction

    Trailblazers of Queer Crime Fiction

    Celebrating the Authors Who Shaped the Genre

    By Matt Lubbers Moore and Jeffrey Marks | January 13, 2025

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2025

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2025

    80+ mysteries, thrillers, and horror novels to look forward to in the year ahead

    By Molly Odintz | January 10, 2025

    Mackenzie Reed: From Writing Songs to Writing Novels

    Mackenzie Reed: From Writing Songs to Writing Novels

    "Songwriting laid the foundation for me to know how to tell stories."

    By Mackenzie Reed | January 10, 2025

    Lifting the Blindfold: Tracy Clark on the Line Between Justice and Vengeance

    Lifting the Blindfold: Tracy Clark on the Line Between Justice and Vengeance

    Clark discusses her ongoing series and writing about Chicago.

    By John B. Valeri | January 9, 2025

    The Hidden History of Queer 18th Century London

    The Hidden History of Queer 18th Century London

    On the Georgian Era's 'Molly houses', meant to be safe spaces for gay men, but often enough a target for raids and blackmail

    By A.J. West | January 9, 2025

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    Why We Tell The Same Stories Over and Over Again (And Get Something Different Each Time)

    Why We Tell The Same Stories Over and Over Again (And Get Something Different Each Time)

    On interpretation, familiarity, and the rich potential waiting in the wings.

    By Isa Arsén | January 7, 2025

    5 Great Spy Novels Set in Small Towns

    5 Great Spy Novels Set in Small Towns

    Sometimes the greatest espionage adventures happen on the smallest possible stage.

    By Ryan Britt | January 7, 2025

    Thrillers in the Time of Smartphones

    Thrillers in the Time of Smartphones

    "Why does it make a plot feel realistic when our favorite conveniences work against us?"

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    Six Trick Novels That Play with Form

    Six Trick Novels That Play with Form

    Gareth Rubin on books that "spin upside down and back to front, have three endings one after another, restart again and again and then disappear into a black hole."

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    Crime and the City: Botswana

    Crime and the City: Botswana

    Searching for mysteries in Gaborone and the surrounding country.

    By Paul French | January 6, 2025

    Ireland, Smuggling, and the Strange Things You Learn in the Name of Research

    Ireland, Smuggling, and the Strange Things You Learn in the Name of Research

    Ellie Brannigan on researching her new cozy mysteries.

    By Ellie Brannigan | January 6, 2025

    Robert Crais: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Robert Crais: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Neil Nyren on Elvis Cole, Joe Pike, and all the other stories along the way.

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