/tags/crime-fiction crime fiction en-US WLRN Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-06-20/john-lantiguas-willie-cuesta-war-zone John Lantigua's crime fiction — and his new detective stories, 'In the War Zone of the Heart' — are set in South Florida but are driven by Latin America. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-06-20/john-lantiguas-willie-cuesta-war-zone Tim Padgett /2018-01-02/a-is-for-appreciation-how-sue-grafton-helped-transform-the-mystery-genre Grafton revolutionized what had become fossilized formula fiction. She tossed out the genre's sexist, racist and nativist clichés and helped make the detective novel matter again. Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:19:00 GMT /2018-01-02/a-is-for-appreciation-how-sue-grafton-helped-transform-the-mystery-genre Maureen Corrigan /2017-12-29/sue-grafton-best-selling-author-of-kinsey-millhone-alphabet-mysteries-dies-at-77 Grafton wrote 25 page turners following the spunky female detective. "The alphabet now ends at Y," her daughter wrote on Facebook. Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:29:00 GMT /2017-12-29/sue-grafton-best-selling-author-of-kinsey-millhone-alphabet-mysteries-dies-at-77 Laurel Wamsley /culture/2016-03-30/key-west-mystery-writer-offers-up-some-killer-takeout There are a lot of mystery books set in Key West. And now there's a new addition to the list: Killer Takeout, the seventh installment in the Key West Food… Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:01:43 GMT /culture/2016-03-30/key-west-mystery-writer-offers-up-some-killer-takeout Nancy Klingener