Tag Archives: thriller

“Murderous Decoys—Philip MacDonald and ‘Love Lies Bleeding’” (by R.T. Raichev)

Posted on September 30, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Forgotten Women” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on July 8, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Predicting a Pandemic” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on June 10, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Stories from the Courthouse Where I Work” (by Kevin Egan)

Posted on July 31, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Herman Wouk and the Men Who Wrote the Seventies” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on May 22, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Murder Becomes Her: 10 Captivating Female Killers in Fiction” (by Sophia Huneycutt)

Posted on April 3, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“The Unlikely Ladies of Nineteenth Century Crime Fiction” (by Nancy Novick)

Posted on March 27, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“And They Wrote Happily Ever After” (by De Paepe & Depuydt)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Your Shrinks Might Need to be Shrunk” (by Dennis Palumbo)

Posted on August 15, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Damaged Goods, Great Detective” (by Louisa Luna)

Posted on June 20, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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