Review: “Deer Creek Drive” by Beverly Lowry
Beverly Lowry’s Deer Creek Drive weaves true crime with memoir in a story of murder, class, and complicity. by Odie Lindsey & Chapter16.org Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and...
View ArticleReview: “Twelfth,” by Janet Key
In Janet Key’s middle-grade mystery, mayhem ensues at a summer theater camp in the Berkshires. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org Twelfth By Janet Key. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 368...
View ArticleReview: “A Visit to Moscow,” by Anna Olswanger
Anna Olswanger’s graphic history, A Visit to Moscow, depicts a modern exodus. by Michael Ray Taylor & Chapter16.org A Visit to Moscow By Anna Olswanger, illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg. West Margin...
View ArticleHow to Write a Psychological Thriller
Tradecraft Tips: A psychologist and crime novelist shares tips for using your expertise to build suspenseful plots and believable characters. Carve out LOTS of time to write — every day, if possible....
View ArticleReview: “The Restless Dark”
Evil haunts every corner of Erica Waters’ YA thriller, The Restless Dark. by Abby N. Lewis & Chapter16.org The Restless Dark By Erica Waters. Harper Teen. 400 pages. $17.99. Erica Waters returns to...
View ArticleOf Blood and Darkness: Two New Titles by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy returns with The Passenger and Stella Maris, in quick succession. by Ed Tarkington & Chapter16.org The Passenger By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf. 400 pages. $30. Stella Maris By Cormac...
View ArticleReview: “Decent People,” by De’Shawn Charles Winslow
Strange and Evil: De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s Decent People uncovers troubling secrets in small-town North Carolina. by Sean Kinch & Chapter16.org Decent People By De’Shawn Charles Winslow....
View ArticleReview: “It’s One of Us,” by J.T. Ellison
Heartbreak and Betrayal: J.T. Ellison pens a deeply personal, compelling thriller with It’s One of Us. by G. Robert Frazier & Chapter16.org It’s One of Us By J.T. Ellison. Mira, 400 pages. $27.99....
View ArticleReview & Interview: “Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System”
M. Chris Fabricant, an Innocence Project attorney, has written a damning indictment of how bite mark evidence and other debunked forensic techniques persist in American courts. Junk Science and the...
View ArticleReview: “He Called Me Sister”
Ministering to the Least of These: A family learns about grace from a death row prisoner. by Jim Patterson & Chapter16.org He Called Me Sister: A True Story of Finding Humanity on Death Row By...
View ArticleExcerpt: “The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Story That...
A British journalist reexamines a cold-case murder from Fairbanks, Alaska in 1953 and uncovers new evidence about the crime. The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Story That Shocked...
View ArticleReview: “I’ll Stop the World”
Time’s Bridge: Teens work against the clock to save lives in a time-twisty murder mystery. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org I’ll Stop the World By Lauren Thoman. Mindy’s Book Studio. 446 pages....
View ArticleHuman Drama: Q&A with Novelist Chris Offutt
By Bradley Sides and Chapter16.org Chris Offutt on small towns, homesickness, and whether “bad guys” exist Code of the Hills By Chris Offutt. Grove Press. 288 pages. $27. Chris Offutt introduced...
View ArticleReview: “Devil Makes Three,” by Ben Fountain
Blood and Gold: Power, desire, and survival collide in Ben Fountain’s Devil Makes Three. by Ed Tarkington & Chapter16.org Devil Makes Three By Ben Fountain. Flatiron Books. 544 pages. $28. Ben...
View ArticleReview: “Those We Thought We Knew,” by David Joy
A small town is shaken by racial turmoil in David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew. by Abby N. Lewis & Chapter16.org Those We Thought We Knew By David Joy. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 400 pages. $28. David...
View ArticleReview: “This Is How We End Things,” by R.J. Jacobs
A Murder on Campus: The psychology of deception takes center stage in R.J. Jacobs’ new thriller. by Billy Kilgore & Chapter16.org This Is How We End Things By R.J. Jacobs. Sourcebooks Landmark. 336...
View ArticleReview: “Artifice,” by Sharon Cameron
Sharon Cameron’s latest young adult novel explores the difference between art and artifice. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org Artifice By Sharon Cameron. Scholastic Press. 416 pages. $19.99. For...
View ArticleA Memo to the File
Recording the details of your investigation forces you to challenge the truth as you present it on the page. This article was excerpted from the second edition of Principles of Investigative...
View ArticleChanging Times: Q&A with novelist Sidney Thompson
In The Forsaken and the Dead, Sidney Thompson portrays the final years of famed lawman Bass Reeves by Michael Ray Taylor & Chapter16.org The Forsaken and the Dead By Sidney Thompson. Bison Books....
View ArticleFletch Inhaled Twice
Reflecting on the influence of I.M. Fletcher and his creator, Gregory Mcdonald by Michael Ray Taylor & Chapter16.org Fletch Fletch. By Gregory Mcdonald. Blackstone. 241 pages. $15.99. Fifty years...
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