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5 Mysteries and Thrillers That Will Make You LaughIf – like me – you love a comedy murder mystery or thriller, but have been judged by someone for it, I’m here to tell you that it’s ok because...
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“Sex Was Everywhere”Read a full short story from the new collection by Lynn Schmeidler, Half-Lives. Once upon a time there was no sex, but sex was everywhere: in...
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Elle Marr on Mining Personal Experiences for Writing InspirationWhether authors will admit it or not, some of us use personal experiences as inspiration for our writing. In the case of my latest psychological...
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Who Am I?The notion of “Identity” can be regarded in multiple ways: Identity (noun): the condition or fact of being a specific person or thing;...
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Fifteen Minutes a Day, Celestine: The Crime Writing Career of Nedra TyreAfter the publication of Nedra Tyre’s first book, a collection of dramatic monologues based upon her career as a social services caseworker...
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Don’t Make Graves: The Essential Harlem DetectivesThe Harlem Detectives arrived like a thunderbolt. Like a meteor screaming across the sky. I had seen detectives before, but...
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Six Books Featuring Killer WomenI love feminism, and I love serial killer novel, but for many years I could never find enough novels featuring feminist female killers. (Aside...
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Are You A Good Enough Friend To Hide a Dead Body?Some time back, I saw a meme on social media about being a “good-enough” friend to help someone hide a dead body. It got me thinking: who would I...
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The Best International Crime Fiction of May 2024I should really have titled this column “The Best International Crime Fiction of May Plus One From April and One From Last Year”:...
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Abir Mukherjee on Writing a Conspiracy Thriller “From a Position of Anger”In the immortal words of Monty Python’s Flying Circus , “And now for something completely different…” For Abir Mukherjee – the author of...
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The Three German Extremist Friends Who Robbed Banks and Murdered ImmigrantsO ne autumn afternoon in the German town of Zwickau, a woman splashed ten liters of gasoline around her apartment, then set it on fire. She...
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My Life and Times with Clive CusslerAuthors tend to be solitary creatures, so the idea of collaborating with one another is a rather odd event. That said, when Clive Cussler called...
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Eight of the Greatest Campus Novels Ever WrittenTo step into a campus novel, like stepping onto a college campus, is to enter a miniature world. It’s a place with a particular geography, made...
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Five Novels to Transport You to Wild Worlds This SummerOn Cumberland Island, Georgia, between the twisted oaks of the maritime forest and the broad, white dunes of the ocean-facing coast, I met a...
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Why Trains Make the Perfect Thriller and Mystery SettingThe 8:04 is coming down the tracks. Board at your own risk. This is the warning on the cover reveal for my new thriller The Man...
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Los Angeles as Setting and CharacterLos Angeles is the quintessential city of mystery, and I firmly believe that my decision to live here ultimately led me to write crime fiction....
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The Damsel in the Mirror: Thrillers Where the Heroine Saves HerselfGenre fiction is my jam, so I spend a lot of time thinking about what makes my favorite books tick. Growing up, I read a lot of macho thrillers:...
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The Best Psychological Thrillers of May 2024Each month, I attempt to perform the Herculean endeavor of rounding up all the best psychological thrillers coming out, and each month, I must...
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Morally Ambiguous Antiheroes in Mysteries and ThrillersAn honorable serial killer. A hacker turned vigilante. A gentleman thief. Mysteries and thrillers are full of morally ambiguous antiheroes who...
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Falling Hard for The Fall GuyI don’t usually include personal anecdotes in film reviews, lest they detract from the critical discussion at hand, but I’d just like...
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A Host of New YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror FictionOne of the most creative avenues for genre exploration today is found in young adult fiction. The following new and upcoming releases are...
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Monster Moms: Finding My Way Back to HorrorNot coincidentally, I quit my great love, horror movies, right around the time I became a mom. Perhaps it’s because new terrors haunted me: SIDS...
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Alaska’s Long History of Serial KillersFrom the time gold was discovered here in 1871, Alaska has been a magnet for a certain type of risk-taker. Daredevil fortune seekers came,...
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Walking Through “Elevator to the Gallows”April 2024 It is springtime in Paris. I am in Paris. I know now that this, what I am experiencing, is the perfect combination of a time and a...
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Exploring Diverse Representation of Women in Historical MysteriesIt’s no secret I love historical mysteries. I spent my childhood reading Nancy Drew, The Famous Five and Secret Seven, progressing to Agatha...
