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10 Overlooked Modern Crime Novels

July 29, 2016 Maxim Jakubowski 0

10 Overlooked Modern Crime Novels When it comes to admitting books or authors into the pantheon of classics, there is seldom much controversy. Age is a great unifier and there will be few voices to contest […]

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Philip Marlowe’s Norwegian cousin

July 28, 2016 Gunnar Staalesen 0

Philip Marlowe’s Norwegian cousin When I set out to write my first novel about Varg Veum, a private investigator living in Bergen, Norway, I had to ask myself this question: Are there any private detectives […]

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Seven American Crime Novels That Changed My Life

July 27, 2016 Tim Weaver 0

Seven American Crime Novels That Changed My Life Although my books are all set in the UK, American crime and mystery fiction has been far more of an influence on my writing than British thrillers. […]

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Top Ten Secrets You Didn’t Know About New York City’s Fashion World

July 26, 2016 Linda Fairstein 0

Top Ten Secrets You Didn’t Know About New York City’s Fashion World When I started to write crime novels twenty years ago, I was still prosecuting homicides and sexual assault cases in the New York […]

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Top Ten Characters We Hate to Love

July 24, 2016 Beth Lewis 0

Top Ten Characters We Hate to Love I love a good bad character. Not a villain as such, but characters who do awful things time and again and yet you still find yourself glued to […]

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TOP TEN SIBLING THRILLERS

July 21, 2016 Hollie Overton 0

TOP TEN SIBLING THRILLERS As a TV writer on Cold Case and The Client List, I love telling stories about criminals committing crimes for reasons both good and bad. As an identical twin, I am also fascinated by […]

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The Ten Best Movie Thrillers

July 19, 2016 Joseph Finder 0

The Ten Best Movie Thrillers It seems to be a universal truth that thriller lovers will take their thrills in any medium available, whether it’s books, television, or movies. When you don’t have a week […]

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An Interview with a Killer

July 18, 2016 Nick Foster 0

From outside its main gates, the jail looked like an abandoned car-repair shop. It had razor wire on the perimeter walls but, then again, just about every wall in the city of David, Panama, is topped by […]

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TEN TOP TIPS FOR WRITING ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

July 16, 2016 Karen Harper 0

TEN TOP TIPS FOR WRITING ROMANTIC SUSPENSE I’ve written more than twenty-five romantic suspense novels, so over the years I’ve learned some good guidelines for writing successfully in that genre.  Here are ten suggestions, not […]

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Creating The Perfect Villain

July 15, 2016 Sharon Sala 0

It occurred to me early on in my publishing life that much attention was spent on perfect protagonists and intricate plotting, while the killer/bad guy/guilty party was never as realistic. He/she had a name and […]

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