A couple years before Amy Bradley vanished on a family cruise in 1998, she dated a woman named Kat. They fell in love at Longwood University in central Virginia, at time when it was still dangerous…

As recently as nine months ago I felt I could tell the difference between AI and not-AI when it came to images and videos. That time has now passed. Today, every time I go online I have to wade thr…

I was initially resistant to see Obsession because I was mistakenly under the impression (granted, I didn’t watch the trailer) that it was somewhat of an incel movie about a guy who is desperate to…

My traditional publishing debut Smile for the Cameras is a love letter to slasher movies born from my infatuation with all things cinema. For my sophomore release, Scary Movie Night, I wanted to ex…

By the end of my fifteenth Key West Food Critic Mystery, The Mango Murders, my food critic sleuth Hayley Snow was pregnant. I hadn’t planned this—and to be fair, neither had she. I suspected …

I have only ever written anti-heroines as main characters. Many years ago I remember reading several pieces interviewing Gillian Flynn in the wake of critiques of her third novel Gone Girl suggesti…

There’s something comforting about diving into a book that really doubles down on a trope, providing something so familiar that even if it’s frightening, there’s a sense that you got this, and you …

The protagonists of crime novels witness a lot. These poor folks are slammed on the regular by the most awful human behavior imaginable, all for our entertainment. It has to take a toll. Long gone …

Readers love a psychopathic antihero. Give them someone fascinating, morally complex, someone who, despite their possibly homicidal tendencies, is loveable. Maybe even a character who makes the rea…

I think it’s fair to say that most authors begin their first draft after asking themselves, What if? Those two words can be innocuous, even benign. But a few years ago I was at the LA Times Festiva…

Forty-five years ago, Raiders of the Lost Ark opened in theaters and introduced the world to the swashbuckling hero known as Indiana Jones. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg’s creation, a whi…

At their deepest levels, fiction writers are nefarious characters.  They’re leading you down a path that will keep you up at night worrying for the fate of your favorite characters, and possibly th…

If you’ve ever been to New Zealand or smashed out a few drinks at the bar with a visiting Kiwi, you’ll know the colloquialism “yeah, nah.” It comes up in most conversations and contexts…

There’s a camera just above the screen upon which you’re reading these words. You probably assume it isn’t watching you, recording and transmitting even the most minute changes in your facial expre…

I have spent the majority of my career as a screenwriter and only lately come to crime fiction. It’s actually something I wish I’d done so much earlier in my life. As a novelist you are so much mor…

We have two kinds of relationships with strangers. In one, we don’t talk to them, don’t trust them, don’t invite them in if they knock, don’t make eye contact, and don’t take online relationships i…

The Toronto Blue Jays says Cricket Canada is not involved in this year’s Cricket Day at the Park on May 23, though the team said the event will continue as scheduled.

It’s the night before my first trip to the archives, and I still haven’t decided where I’m going to start. I open the Doubleday hardcover copy of Pet Sematary I’ve just purchased at the Big Chicken…

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Spring 2026’s queer crime fiction arrives amid storms, secrets, and more than a few bodies turning up where they shouldn’t—from hurricane-battered New Orleans mansions and windswept Cornish cliffs …

When I was writing my debut espionage thriller The Silver Fish (Mysterious Press, April 7), I set myself a challenge: could I tell a ripping spy story grounded in real-world foreign policy issues? …

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In 2007, I spent a chunk of the summer in the glorious Canadian Rockies, a land of towering, snowy peaks and sapphire and emerald lakes glistening like hidden jewels in the mountain valleys. Teal r…

Whether it’s Lucy and Ethel, Laverne and Shirley, Stephanie and Lula, or Thelma and Louise, I’ve always been drawn to stories about female duos that test the bonds of friendship and prove them unsh…

Technofascism: whether or not you want to think about the term or what it means, you’re probably living in its shadow right now. To paraphrase Catherine D’Ignazio, Director of the Data + Feminism L…

The creation of every book still feels like holding a newborn kitten in my hand, a small and fragile creature that I never quite believe will grow strong enough to survive on its own.  Although I’v…

For decades, the slasher taught us the rules: Girls screamed. Girls ran. Girls died. The Final Girl lived, yes—but survival was her only reward. She didn’t get joy. She didn’t get closure. She didn…

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More than ever before, we crave authenticity. In a world of filters, algorithms, and deepfakes, we seek out honesty and integrity. Fortunately, crime fiction can satisfy that craving. What is real …

We all use fiction as an escape from the stress and grind of our everyday lives. But what about the times real life is crazier than a song, wackier than any fiction? That can be just as good—as lon…

Toxic masculinity is one of those terms that can sound heavy and accusatory, but simply put is about the cultural pressure on men to be dominant, unemotional, and in control. For a long time, books…

There is a specific kind of alchemy that happens when a thriller grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. It’s not just about the twist—though we all love a good gasp-out-loud moment—it’s abo…

We humans love to make up stories about our lives—things we encounter, things we struggle to understand, things that amaze or frighten us. Oral and written storytelling is a key part of our history…

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The suburbs are typically seen as safe—it’s even an adjective; “suburban” is used to describe something as tame, conventional, a little boring. In real life, people gravitate towards th…