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Maddie Day on Crafting Distinctive Settings for Cozy Mysteries

Maddie Day on Crafting Distinctive Settings for Cozy Mysteries

Readers follow cozy series for the characters and the community—and setting is an integral part of that sense of character

By Maddie Day | November 22, 2024

Researching the Historical Mystery Setting, or, The Importance of a Site Visit

Researching the Historical Mystery Setting, or, The Importance of a Site Visit

Exploring your setting IRL is the best way to get the details right—and the local experts on your side

By Clara McKenna | November 22, 2024

10 of the Most Original Murders in Mystery

10 of the Most Original Murders in Mystery

Lucy Connelly on the most ingenious and novel killings in a long tradition of (fictional) killings.

By Lucy Connelly | November 21, 2024

The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

Megan Abbott and Polly Stewart revisit Johnson's bleak and wild portrait of humanity.

By Polly Stewart | November 21, 2024

How Do You Punish a Machine?

How Do You Punish a Machine?

(And why would you need to?)

By Graham Brown | November 21, 2024

Hannah Martian on the Road from Baseball Broadcaster to Thriller Author

Hannah Martian on the Road from Baseball Broadcaster to Thriller Author

And why Wyoming was key to it all.

By Hannah Martian | November 20, 2024

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Finding the Gothic in Arthurian Legends

By Sarah Jost | November 20, 2024

On Coming of Age in an Era of Feminist Awakenings and Roaming Serial Killers

By Ajay Close | November 19, 2024

The Outsized Impact of George Cukor's "Gaslight"

By Bonnie Kistler | November 19, 2024

License to Thrill: The Real and the Unreal in Spy Fiction

License to Thrill: The Real and the Unreal in Spy Fiction

Michael Idov on the spy novelist's sleight of hand tricks.

By Michael Idov | November 19, 2024

Six Cat-And-Mouse Movie Capers for When You Feel Like Going on the Run

Six Cat-And-Mouse Movie Capers for When You Feel Like Going on the Run

Wild rides, madcap adventures, and plucky protagonists in way over their heads

By Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne | November 19, 2024

Welcome to Miami! Home to the Wild, Wacky, Beautiful, and Criminal

Welcome to Miami! Home to the Wild, Wacky, Beautiful, and Criminal

Raquel V. Reyes with a reader's guide to Miami crime books.

By Raquel V. Reyes | November 18, 2024

Bah Humbug: The Crime of Loneliness in Holiday Hauntings

Bah Humbug: The Crime of Loneliness in Holiday Hauntings

Lindy Ryan on the long tradition of telling chilling stories around the holidays – and what those stories say about us.

By Lindy Ryan | November 18, 2024

From the Foreign Service to the World of Thrillers

From the Foreign Service to the World of Thrillers

Mel Harrison on mining his career in the diplomatic service for fiction.

By Mel Harrison | November 18, 2024

The Multiple Faces of Inspiration: Dissociative Identity Disorder in Fiction

The Multiple Faces of Inspiration: Dissociative Identity Disorder in Fiction

J.H. Markert on a complex condition and its legacy in fiction.

By J.H. Markert | November 18, 2024

Gullion and the Bullshit of Mythology

Gullion and the Bullshit of Mythology

Austin Duffy on a mountain, a killing, and a dark legacy from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

By Austin Duffy | November 15, 2024

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