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    What Caleb Carr Taught Me About the Families We Make

    What Caleb Carr Taught Me About the Families We Make

    On finding a way through life, with 'The Alienist'

    By Zack Budryk | June 6, 2024

    K.A. Cobell: Letting My Characters Shine the Light

    K.A. Cobell: Letting My Characters Shine the Light

    "I wasn’t sure how I could create the gritty, propulsive thriller I always aim to while also sensitively weaving in an epidemic that is currently plaguing my tribal nation and hundreds of other tribes in the US, but I knew I needed to try."

    By K.A. Cobell | June 6, 2024

    Kat Davis Talks Pop Culture, Internet Obsessions, and The Dark Fairy Tale of Childhood

    Kat Davis Talks Pop Culture, Internet Obsessions, and The Dark Fairy Tale of Childhood

    Kate Brody interviews Davis about her debut psychological thriller and the moral ecology of modern fear

    By Kate Brody | June 6, 2024

    Crime Fiction’s Fascination with Fame

    Crime Fiction’s Fascination with Fame

    "The desire for fame, it turns out, is a strong motivator, as strong as the desire for money, drugs, power, or love."

    By Lori Roy | June 6, 2024

    Quiz: Can You Identify These Classic Detectives from their Descriptions?

    Quiz: Can You Identify These Classic Detectives from their Descriptions?

    Sleuth the sleuths!

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 5, 2024

    Greg Iles On a Lifetime <br>of Crime Writing

    Greg Iles On a Lifetime
    of Crime Writing

    The author of the Penn Cage novels reflects on his iconic character and his long fight against historical amnesia

    By Matthew Coleman Turbeville | June 5, 2024

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    Five Great Books About Maine, From Thomas E. Ricks

    Five Great Books About Maine, From Thomas E. Ricks

    These books will help get you started on the path to understanding Maine and its many mysteries.

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    Gary Phillips Reflects on His Reissued Classic Novel of the LA Uprisings

    Gary Phillips Reflects on His Reissued Classic Novel of the LA Uprisings

    "A lot has changed from thirty years ago and a lot, it seems, has not. Advances tend to foster backlashes."

    By Gary Phillips | June 3, 2024

    The Other Border: Crime Fiction on the 49th Parallel

    The Other Border: Crime Fiction on the 49th Parallel

    "Rum runners. Draft dodgers. Smugglers. Fugitives on the run. If crime fiction is about transgression, what better site than the border?"

    By Nolan Chase | June 3, 2024

    Susan Elia MacNeal on the Conclusion of Her Series, Women’s Role in War and Coco Chanel’s Nazi Collaboration 

    Susan Elia MacNeal on the Conclusion of Her Series, Women’s Role in War and Coco Chanel’s Nazi Collaboration 

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    By Nancie Clare | June 3, 2024

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    Eight Books By Authors Who Have Also Engaged in Journalism

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    Expand Your Mind with These Psychedelic Mysteries

    Expand Your Mind with These Psychedelic Mysteries

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    When Romance Is a Mystery: Books Where Finding Love Is Like Solving a Whodunit

    When Romance Is a Mystery: Books Where Finding Love Is Like Solving a Whodunit

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