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Tag Archives: thriller
“Murderous Decoys—Philip MacDonald and ‘Love Lies Bleeding’” (by R.T. Raichev)
R. T. Raichev is a scholar of the mystery as well as a writer of mystery short stories and novels. His most recent story for EQMM, “The Other Imelda,” will appear in our next issue, November/December 2020, on sale October … Continue reading
Posted in Anthologies, Awards, Characters, Guest, Writers
Tagged contest, fiction, mystery, mystery fiction, noir, psychological thriller, short story, suspense, thriller, writers
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“Forgotten Women” (by Kevin Mims)
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began keeping us inside, readers have been seeking alternatives to in-store browsing for their literary needs. Essayist, short-story writer, and prolific reader Kevin Mims (who has written for this blog many times on the subject of … Continue reading
Posted in Bookshops, Characters, Guest, History, Pop Culture, Story, Thrillers
Tagged bestseller, historical, history, kevin mims, mass market, paperback, pop, pop culture, pulp, thriller
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“Predicting a Pandemic” (by Kevin Mims)
Last week on this site I expressed the opinion that most readers are not yet ready to read stories about COVID-19 for entertainment. But as Kevin Mims notes in the following essay, a number of publications, including the New York … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Criticism, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, Suspense, Thrillers
Tagged history, kevin mims, literature, pandemic, pandemic lit, paperback, pulp, suspense, thriller
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“Stories from the Courthouse Where I Work” (by Kevin Egan)
Kevin Egan is the author of eight novels, including the legal thriller Midnight, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013. A number of his novels and short stories are set in the legal world, for he worked for many years … Continue reading
Posted in Courtroom Mysteries, Guest, History, Setting, Story
Tagged courthouse, history, kevin egan, legal thriller, thriller, writer
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“Herman Wouk and the Men Who Wrote the Seventies” (by Kevin Mims)
An award-nominated fiction writer and short-story contributor to EQMM, Kevin Mims is also well-known as an essayist. He has contributed several previous posts to this site, and today he offers some reflections in homage to Herman Wouk and the decade … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Courtroom Mysteries, Fiction, Guest, History, Memorial, Publishing, Readers
Tagged 1970s, bestseller, crime, herman wouk, history, horror, mystery, pop culture, publishing, readers, thriller, writers, writing
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“Murder Becomes Her: 10 Captivating Female Killers in Fiction” (by Sophia Huneycutt)
A San Francisco-area resident who works as a freelance copywriter, Sophia Huneycutt makes her fiction debut with the very contemporary and timely story “A Perfect Life,” in our current issue, March/April 2019. There’s been a lot written in recent years … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Gothic, Guest, Novels, Readers
Tagged female killer, fiction, mystery, noir, reading, thriller, woman villain, women, writers
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“The Unlikely Ladies of Nineteenth Century Crime Fiction” (by Nancy Novick)
Nancy Novick—a freelance journalist who writes about health, medicine, and the arts—made her fiction debut in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in the September/October 2018 issue, with “How Does He Die This Time?” The story went on to win the 2019 … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Gothic, Guest, History, Suspense, Thrillers, Writers
Tagged crime, dickens, eliza lynn linton, history, little women, louisa may alcott, mystery, nineteenth century, sensation story, short story, thriller, writers, writing
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“And They Wrote Happily Ever After” (by De Paepe & Depuydt)
Both from Ghent, Belgium, Herbert De Paepe and Els Depuydt have cowritten four highly acclaimed thrillers. They’ve been nominated for both Belgium’s Diamond Bullet Award and Holland’s Golden Noose Award. Their work first appeared in EQMM in May 2016, in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Passport, Publishing, Setting, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged authors, belgium, collaboration, crime, mystery, relationship, suspense, thriller, translation, writing
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“Your Shrinks Might Need to be Shrunk” (by Dennis Palumbo)
It’s been more than twenty years since Dennis Palumbo’s fiction has appeared in EQMM. In the meantime, he’s been busy with a series of novel-length thrillers featuring Daniel Rinaldi, a psychologist who consults with the Pittsburgh Police (the latest is Head Wounds, … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Writers, Writing
Tagged crime, detective, fiction, movies, mystery, psychology, television, thriller, writers, writing
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“Damaged Goods, Great Detective” (by Louisa Luna)
A San Francisco native who now lives in Brooklyn, Louisa Luna is the author of four novels. The most recent, Two Girls Down (Doubleday), was released to rave reviews in January of this year. In this post the author discusses … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Guest, Pop Culture, Readers, Thrillers
Tagged domestic suspense, mystery, mystery fiction, noir, P.I., private eye, readers, suspense, thriller, why we read
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SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN 