Hot Tips: How to Handle Firearm Evidence

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In a new blog post, Lee Lofland offers tips for ensuring the hero in your mystery or police procedural handles firearms evidence accurately. "How...

He Was There All Along!

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Like Poe's purloined letter, the best place to hide the villain in your mystery novel is in plain sight. In a post on Writer...

Every Genre is Great, but Mysteries are Greater

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In a provocative post on CrimeReads, David Gordon says that detective stories are the most perfect form of fiction. "Despite remaining in many ways essentially...

When the Scent of Her Lingers…

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In an essay for Lit Hub, Megan Volpert says perfume is an overlooked literary device for communicating character, relationships, theme, and emotion. "A perfume can...

Blending True Crime and Fiction

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In a recent blog post, Angela Buckley, the Victorian Super Sleuth, explores the crime cases that could have been the inspiration for one of...

All Novels Are About Secrets

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All novels are about the price of keeping secrets. A provocative thought offered by Amanda Eyre Ward in an article for CrimeReads. "The fuel...

Putting the Fun in Funeral

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A little light murder never hurt anyone. Clue, Knives Out, Only Murders in the Building - all mix comedy with mystery. In an article...

Do You Know What Happens to a Dead Body?

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In a new post, Lee Lofland offers advice for properly rotting your corpses, examining the role of bacteria, enzymes, temperature, blood, body weight, clothing,...

Keeping Track of Your Time-Hopping Murder Mystery

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In a guest post on the A Writer of History blog, Mary Burns shares her process and advice for writing mysteries with dual timelines. In...

5 Tips for Writing a Revenge Story

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In a post on Writer's Digest, Kit Mayquist offers 5 tips for writing a revenge story that slowly puts the pieces together for a...

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