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How Stephen King Made Me and Saved Me

How Stephen King Made Me and Saved Me

...And the list of books I leaned on along the way.

By J.H. Markert | January 19, 2023

How Fine Art Has Become a Tool for the Bad Guys

How Fine Art Has Become a Tool for the Bad Guys

Victoria Houston on the many ways fine art has gotten itself mixed up with modern crime.

By Victoria Houston | January 18, 2023

Lawful Lawlessness: The Rules for Writing Crime Fiction

Lawful Lawlessness: The Rules for Writing Crime Fiction

(And Which of Your Favorite Authors Break Them)

By Benjamin Stevenson | January 17, 2023

The Art of Stories Within Stories

The Art of Stories Within Stories

Ana Reyes on the long and illustrious tradition of embedded narratives.

By Ana Reyes | January 17, 2023

On The

On The "Shadowy Menace" of the Suburbs

"In the suburbs, it was more of a crime undertow than a crime wave. This lawlessness tended to happen behind the locked doors of split-level homes."

By Stephen Amidon | January 17, 2023

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This January

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This January

Featuring new books by Rachel Hawkins, Kat Rosenfield, Iris Yamashita, and more.

By Lisa Levy | January 13, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Kelly J. Ford's New Novel, The Hunt: An Exclusive Cover Reveal and Conversation

By Alex Segura | January 13, 2023

The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2023

By Molly Odintz | January 12, 2023

Eric LaRocca: Interview and Cover Reveal!

By Molly Odintz | January 12, 2023

Shop Talk: Jane Harper Makes a Plan for Her Novels...Then Several Hundred Mugs of Tea

Shop Talk: Jane Harper Makes a Plan for Her Novels...Then Several Hundred Mugs of Tea

Crime writers talking routines, outlines, and editing in hard copy.

By Eli Cranor | January 12, 2023

With the Dead

With the Dead

Swedish author Christoffer Carlsson reflects on the forking paths that brought him unexpectedly to a life in books.

By Christoffer Carlsson | January 11, 2023

The Enduring Popularity of Campus Thrillers

The Enduring Popularity of Campus Thrillers

That terrible claustrophobia only an academic setting can provide.

By Heather Darwent | January 10, 2023

On Writing A Mystery That Defies Rationality

On Writing A Mystery That Defies Rationality

"I wanted to dig my teeth into someone...whose emotional world was more important than their intellectual one."

By Maria Dong | January 10, 2023

5 Fabulous Thrillers About Secrets Between Spouses

5 Fabulous Thrillers About Secrets Between Spouses

Affairs, long-buried secrets...even murder?

By Leah Konen | January 9, 2023

10 Crime Novels You Should Read This January

10 Crime Novels You Should Read This January

10 fantastic new books out in January that run the gamut from hardboiled noir to comical caper...

By Molly Odintz | January 5, 2023

Fashion, the Predominantly White Industry That Feeds Off Black Culture

Fashion, the Predominantly White Industry That Feeds Off Black Culture

Twin sisters Amber and Danielle Brown on writing a novel about their experiences in the fashion industry

By Amber and Danielle Brown | January 4, 2023

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