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    Catherine Ryan Howard on Murder Houses, Strange Science, and Finding Inspiration for Her New Novel

    Catherine Ryan Howard on Murder Houses, Strange Science, and Finding Inspiration for Her New Novel

    If These Walls Could Scream...

    By Catherine Ryan Howard | July 28, 2026

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    The author of The Night Hunter enjoins us to depict animals more accurately in fiction

    By Natalie Moss | July 28, 2026

    How the Rise of Mystery Podcasts Created the True Crime Memoir Boom

    How the Rise of Mystery Podcasts Created the True Crime Memoir Boom

    James Renner explores the phenomenon of true crime authors writing themselves into their stories

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    Shannon Morgan on Why Islands Are Perfect Settings for Mysteries

    Shannon Morgan on Why Islands Are Perfect Settings for Mysteries

    Exploring how remote settings force characters into suspenseful situations

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    Diversifying Bookshelves: 9 Great Cozy Mysteries by Writers of Color

    Diversifying Bookshelves: 9 Great Cozy Mysteries by Writers of Color

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    By MJ Soni | July 27, 2026

    Maria DiLorenzo on Capturing the Souls of Serial Killers in True Crime and Memoir

    Maria DiLorenzo on Capturing the Souls of Serial Killers in True Crime and Memoir

    The author of Confessions of the Green River Killer explores evil's facets in a hybrid genre

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    The Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins's <em>No Name</em>

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    100 Years of Russian Espionage in the U.S.

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