Thoughts
I write a lot. Essays. Articles. Blog posts. All of them sharing what I’m thinking about. Maybe you think about these things, too.
Finding Hope in Fictional Death
But mysteries cut through the wooliness of our understanding and the demands of the present and invite us to take a step back and think about all those things, precisely because the stakes are so high.
The Morality of Crime Fiction
Moral crime fiction, on the other hand, is steeped in reality. It holds up a mirror to the reader and posits that under the right circumstances, we could all be a victim—or a killer.
The Rise of the “Cozy” Mystery
The amateur who figures out the crime does so through the understanding of human nature and motivation.