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Shop Talk: Nina Simon Tells the Incredible Story Behind Her Breakout Debut Novel
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I met Nina Simon shortly after I read her beautiful, heartfelt debut, Mother Daughter Murder Night. If there were ever an author whose persona perfectly captures the verve of…
How Subplots and Plot Filaments Lend Texture and Depth to Any Novel
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More than any other variant included under the umbrella of โcrime fiction,โ mystery novels embody a straightforward setup of the conflict-and-resolution components of storytelling. The conflict is murder. The…
Queer Crime Fiction Coming Out This Fall
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With the exuberance of Pride Month in June, itโs easy to get excited about new queer crime fiction in the summer months. But, with shortening days, ubiquitous Pumpkin Spice…
Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place, and the Birth of the Modern Serial Killer Novel
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Published in 1947, Dorothy Hughesโ noir novel In a Lonely Place is a masterpiece of crime fiction whose influence has extended to both books and films, including a 1950…
The Dark Humor of Millennial Crime Capers
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The millennial is a strange beast. Though โmillennialโ is factually the word to describe someone born between 1981 and 1996, hearing it conjures a number of confusing associations: weโre…
Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller
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Iโve always been obsessed with survival storiesโpeople braving the elements, or out-scheming malevolent captors or striving to survive the end of the world. The apocalyptic trope might be my…
The Girl and the Faun: Eden Phillpotts, His Crime Fiction and His Strange Relationship with His Daughter Adelaide
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ย โNo biography or autobiography is true, because no one in his senses tells the truth about himselfโฆ.Whoever wants to know me can find me in my work.โ โEden Phillpotts…