In this issue

Profile of Camilla Lackberg, "Emma Lathen: On the Money", "Raymond Chandler and the Brasher Doubloon" by Lawrence Block, Interview with Jenny Milchman, "Six New Writers to Watch" by Oline H. Cogdill, Interview with Jon Land, "Love on the Run: Criminal Couples on the Open Road," by Pat H. Broeske, "Mary Higgins Clark Roundtable" by Hank Phillippi Ryan, "Inspired by True Events: The Julia Wallace Murder," "Medieval Evil" Crossword Puzzle

CAMILLA LÄCKBERG

Before Camilla Läckberg’s debut novel was published, the Swedish author devised an ambitious, yet workable marketing plan. Among other things, she would visit, if possible, every bookstore in the country to do book events, sign stock and meet and greet as many booksellers and readers as she could.

10+ mins

RAYMOND CHANDLER & THE BRASHER DOUBLOON

Sometime in 1960, a friend’s enthusiasm for coin collecting proved contagious, and I began sorting through pocket change and noting dates and mint marks.

10+ mins

JENNY MILCHMAN

It’s that enticing-yet-elusive hook that often draws readers back to a writer’s work. Sometimes it’s characters that compel.

7 mins

LOVE ON THE RUN

LOVE, BULLETS, AND THE OPEN ROAD. CRIMINAL COUPLES ON THE RUN ARE A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAPLE—AND IT’S ALL DUE TO A PAIR OF DEPRESSION-ERA HELLRAISERS.

8 mins

A MARY HIGGINS CLARK ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

It’s easiest to say she had magic. Anyone who has ever been in the room with Mary Higgins Clark understood there was some sort of aura around her, a force field of joy and delight, an authentic pleasure in being wherever she was. (If that wasn’t true, all the more brilliant. You would never have known it.)

9 mins

WHEN BLOOD RUNS COLD

Why is spying often referred to as a game? There is nothing remotely diverting about it.

3 mins

Small Press

Reviewing the Independents

7 mins

Very Original Paperback Originals

While Bailey Cates’s Witches and Wedding Cake(Berkley, $7.99) is the ninth in her Magical Bakery series, it was the first for me, and I appreciated that I could slide into the narrative effortlessly.

8 mins

Sounds of Suspense

Audiobooks Reviewed

6 mins

What About Murder?

Reference Books Reviewed

6 mins

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