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December 2025

Before Sherlock: The Real-Life Detective Who Inspired a Genre
Before Holmes ever graced Baker Street, there was Jack Whicher—Scotland Yard’s finest, pulled into a case that gripped Victorian England and helped…
 • Steven W. Booth
Meet Rufus. Man, Dog… and a Dead Body in the Snow.
Out of Cabrini: A Crime Story That Doesn’t Blink
 • Steven W. Booth
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NEVER FORGET THE VICTIMS
It’s the holiday season, and this time of year I always think about the many victims I [Justin Bocock] had the privilege of representing during my…
 • Steven W. Booth
Midwest Book Review Features Sea of Glass
Genius Book Publishing is proud to announce that Patrick Shattuck’s new novel Sea of Glass has been featured in the November 2025 issue of Library…
 • Steven W. Booth
Before Sherlock: The Gentleman Thief Who Invented Modern Detectives
Long before Holmes lit his pipe at 221B Baker Street, a real-life rogue-turned-lawman was already reinventing crime-solving in the backstreets of Paris.
 • Andrea Thorfinson
Why “The Book Was Better” — And How Crime Writers Can Make That True
From Hollywood dramatizations to gritty novels grounded in fact, the debate rages on: Is the book always better?
 • Steve Rush
The Moonstone: The First Detective Novel That Inspired Sherlock Holmes
Before Holmes ever lit his pipe at 221B Baker Street, another detective made literary history.
 • David Foster
"GUARD" by Philip Parker: Inside the Walls of Kentucky's Most Dangerous Prison
What really happens inside one of America’s toughest prisons?
 • Steven W. Booth
"Kill Your Characters": The Crime Writer's Ultimate Guide to Plot, Precision, and Forensics
Ever wondered what it really takes to craft a gripping crime novel?
 • Steve Rush
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