• Suspense

    How To Tell If Your Bucolic Small Town Is Actually a Gateway to Hell

    On the perils of trusting what's just too good to be true

    March 27, 2025  By Emily Carpenter
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    Bog Gothic, or "Bogothic": When Bogs Seep Into Literature

    "[B]ogs and bog bodies are excellent material for a thriller, mystery novel, or scary story."

    March 25, 2025  By Johanna Van Veen
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    Kill Your TV: How a Childhood Free of the Idiot Box Gave Katy Hays the Power of Attention

    "I am wired, I notice with increasing frequency, for things that develop more slowly, more deliberately."

    March 25, 2025  By Katy Hays
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    How to Create a Character for Our (or Any Other) Unjust Time

    Ron Currie on writing fiction through a dark period.

    March 25, 2025  By Ron Currie
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    The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

    How family histories and secrets serve as catalysts for criminal behavior and plot development.

    March 21, 2025  By January Gilchrist
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    Four Mystery Novels That Explore Legacy

    On the power of crime fiction in "examining the world of legacy and what we leave in our wake"

    March 21, 2025  By Benjamin Bradley
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    Writing a Character Through a Psychotic Breakdown

    Nicci French on the delicate task of an extreme psychological event.

    March 19, 2025  By Nicci French
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    Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

    Three decades into a long and varied writing career, Briscoe's latest reinterprets du Maurier's "Rebecca" for a modern audience

    March 18, 2025  By Karin Slaughter
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    Mining Gig Work for the Plot

    Hannah Deitch recalls her days as the SAT tutor and how she turned that role into a crime novel.

    March 18, 2025  By Hannah Deitch
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    7 Spectacular Books that Mix Mystery with Romance

    Bellamy Rose on a classic combination of genres.

    March 18, 2025  By Bellamy Rose
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