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    Are We About to See A Lot More Thrillers Set on the North Fork of Long Island?

    Are We About to See A Lot More Thrillers Set on the North Fork of Long Island?

    The North Fork used to be a sleepy backwater where nothing ever happened. Not even in fiction. Now that’s changing.

    By Joanna Elm | March 23, 2022

    The Power of Frenemies in Fiction

    The Power of Frenemies in Fiction

    Not quite friend, not quite foe...

    By Jody Gehrman | March 21, 2022

    How One Author Forced Himself to Reconsider Expectations About Violence in Fiction

    How One Author Forced Himself to Reconsider Expectations About Violence in Fiction

    Michael Landweber wanted to write a book where violence was absent in all the places we most expected it.

    By Michael Landweber | March 21, 2022

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    What We Can Learn From The Darkest Period in Art History

    What We Can Learn From The Darkest Period in Art History

    "Between 1933 – 1945, the Third Reich confiscated, destroyed, and plundered upwards of 650,000 works of art."

    By Lisa Barr | March 17, 2022

    The Two Camps of Crime: Christie’s Cool, Cozy Tales of Ratiocination and Highsmith’s Psycho-Sexual Deep Waters

    The Two Camps of Crime: Christie’s Cool, Cozy Tales of Ratiocination and Highsmith’s Psycho-Sexual Deep Waters

    Wayne Johnson traces the lineage of modern crime fiction.

    By Wayne Johnson | March 16, 2022

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    The Unique Pleasures of a Mystery Novel with a High Death Count

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    "It's The Dose That Kills": On Historical Poisons, Plants, and Medicine

    By Kit Mayquist | March 11, 2022

    On Writing Outside (Or Inside) The Lines. You Do You.

    On Writing Outside (Or Inside) The Lines. You Do You.

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    What's the Greatest Newspaper Crime Movie Ever Made?

    What's the Greatest Newspaper Crime Movie Ever Made?

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    Why Catriona Ward Decided To Explore The Abhorrent World of Animal Testing

    Why Catriona Ward Decided To Explore The Abhorrent World of Animal Testing

    On remote control dogs, nature vs. nurture, and the horror and joy inherent to being alive.

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    Revenge in Fiction – and in Life: A Roundtable Discussion

    Revenge in Fiction – and in Life: A Roundtable Discussion

    Alison Gaylin, Winnie Li, Ashley Audrain, Stephanie Wrobel, Chelsea Summers, and Lisa Levy sit down to discuss one of literature's oldest and most complex tropes.

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    What if the FBI Required Recruits to  Read Paranormal Crime Thrillers?

    What if the FBI Required Recruits to Read Paranormal Crime Thrillers?

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    A List of Multigenerational Family Mysteries

    A List of Multigenerational Family Mysteries

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    Six Thrillers That Will Make Even the Steeliest Readers a Little Squeamish

    Six Thrillers That Will Make Even the Steeliest Readers a Little Squeamish

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