Coming soon: More Janet Evanovich books and 2 TV series

Posted on 12/04/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In case you missed it (or forgot), Janet Evanovich is headed to the small screen — two times. Her twenty-seventh...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery, Thriller, TV adaptation

Police sergeant: Don't commit these crimes in your detective novel

Posted on 12/03/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve all been there: We’re reading a book or watching a show or film in which a character shares our...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Mystery, Writing advice

Zara Altair: Share your characters' backstories sparingly in a mystery

Posted on 11/26/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your characters’ backstories don't just serve your readers — they serve you, the writer. But, says Zara Altair, that’s why...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Mystery, Writing advice

London doesn't have the market cornered on Sherlock Holmes sites

Posted on 11/24/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When one thinks of Arthur Conan Doyle-related tourism, London is usually the first thing to pop to mind. But did...

Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Mystery

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