Author Alex Segura on closing the book on PI Pete Fernandez

Posted on 11/11/2019 at 04:14 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

All good things — including book series — must come to an end. Author Alex Segura just concluded his Pete...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery

Hugh Laurie is adapting an Agatha Christie novel for the screen

Posted on 10/23/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Actor Hugh Laurie is working on an adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel, but fittingly, which novel it is remains...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Mystery, Pop culture, TV adaptation

One crime writer's truth was just as strange as her fiction

Posted on 10/06/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’d wager that most mystery novelists tend to imagine plot twists far more often than they live them. Mary Roberts...

Tagged As: Mystery, Scandal

1st editions of Dashiell Hammett and Ian Fleming books go up for auction

Posted on 09/26/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Have a little — okay, a lot of — extra spending money lying around? Next month, Christie’s will hold an...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Memorabilia, Mystery

Make sure your reader wants to solve your mystery

Posted on 08/22/2019 at 04:37 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Zara Altair wants to ensure your reader is just as invested as your sleuth is in solving the mystery in...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Mystery, Plot / narrative, Writing advice

What to expect when basing a novel on real-life drama

Posted on 08/13/2019 at 03:43 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Stephanie Kane knows, from experience, the risks and rewards of using real-life events as inspiration for fiction. Her novel Quiet...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Mystery, Thriller, Writer's Digest, Writing advice

Author Q&A: Debbie De Louise

Posted on 08/13/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Today we're interviewing Debbie De Louise, who writes novels in addition to working a reference librarian at a public library....

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Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery

Happy 115th birthday to Dorothy B. Hughes

Posted on 08/10/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dorothy B. Hughes, the queen of noir, was born on this day in 1904. She produced the majority of her...

Tagged As: Mystery, Women in literature

Author Q&A: James J. Cudney

Posted on 08/07/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Today we’re interviewing contemporary-fiction author James J. Cudney. Cudney grew up on Long Island and currently lives in New York...

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Start your mystery out strong

Posted on 08/06/2019 at 04:24 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s a toss-up whether the beginning or ending of a story is the toughest part to write. But there’s no...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Mystery, Writing advice