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    When is a Characterโ€™s Dishonesty Justified?

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    Deception is elemental to a good mystery. The author misleads the reader constantly, from every angle. The characters mislead each other. Or they mislead the reader, or both. Lying…

  • (un)safe-harbor:-thrillers-set-in-remote-island-locations

    (Un)Safe Harbor: Thrillers Set in Remote Island Locations

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    I have spent a lot of summer weekends on an island in Lake Huronโ€™s Georgian Bay. Itโ€™s a beautiful, wild, windswept place that can, as Gull Island does in…

  • an-appreciation-of-gardening-detectives

    An Appreciation of Gardening Detectives

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    Gardening detectives, both professional and amateur, abound in crime fiction and they appeared early on. Wilkie Collins introduced the first horticulturally inclined investigator in The Moonstone. The serialized story…

  • cozy-mysteries-with-furry-sidekicks

    Cozy Mysteries with Furry Sidekicks

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    I have a confession to make. I have a mad crush on my neighbor. Whenever I see him sprinting in my direction, my heart swells and I canโ€™t hold…

  • 7-crime-novels-set-in-sin-city

    7 Crime Novels Set in Sin City

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    Like many of my books, it started with a seed of an idea: a businessman wakes up in a hotel room that isnโ€™t his to find a dead woman…

  • writing-a-domestic-survival-thriller

    Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller

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    Iโ€™ve always been obsessed with survival storiesโ€”people braving the elements, or out-scheming malevolent captors or striving to survive the end of the world. The apocalyptic trope might be my…

  • the-hike

    The Hike

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    Liz strode across the valley, sun on her face, long grass brushing her lower legs. The air smelled of ozone and pine. She smiled: they were out here, the…

  • on-crime-and-its-discontents

    On Crime and Its Discontents

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    The first crime was the most defining moment in the history of the human. It was not Cainโ€™s murder. That was defining too. But the first crime began in…

  • when-true-crime-meets-police-brutality

    When True Crime Meets Police Brutality

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    In 2016, journalist Amelia McDonell-Parry and I were asked to look into the death of Freddie Gray for the Undisclosed podcast, a series that focused on wrongful convictions. Gray…

  • celebrating-the-iconic-suspense-of-lois-duncan

    Celebrating the Iconic Suspense of Lois Duncan

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    I still own three of Lois Duncanโ€™s books. Growing up, I read so many, but these are the three I have left: Daughters of Eve, Stranger with My Face,…


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