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How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

On death, preservation, genius, detectives, villages, and eighteenth-century graveyard poems

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 16, 2020

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical "Nice Guy" Cop

Meet the insidious Mr. Bucket, who embodies Dickens' misgivings about the police force he once enthusiastically supported

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 9, 2020

The Copyright Battle that Gave Cinematic Life to <em>Dracula</em>

The Copyright Battle that Gave Cinematic Life to Dracula

Nosferatu was an illegal adaptation, but the fight over it spawned a monsterous legacy.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 26, 2020

Victorians Were Obsessed with the Idea that George Eliot Had Two Different-Sized Hands

Victorians Were Obsessed with the Idea that George Eliot Had Two Different-Sized Hands

Presenting one of the 19th century's most random mysteries, and the modern scholar who solved it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 19, 2020

The Most Iconic Detective Sidekicks, Ranked

The Most Iconic Detective Sidekicks, Ranked

45 of the greatest detective-adjacent crime-solvers in history.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 14, 2020

Before there was Jessica Fletcher, there were the Snoop Sisters

Before there was Jessica Fletcher, there were the Snoop Sisters

That's Ernesta Snoop and Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson, to you.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 13, 2020

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That Time Wallace Stevens Punched Ernest Hemingway in the Face

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 6, 2020

The Dutch anti-Nazi children’s book from the 1940s that depicts Hitler as a bug

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 22, 2020

This Is the Book That Outsold Dracula in 1897

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 16, 2020

Those Classic Detective Series You've Always Been Meaning To Read, Anyway

Those Classic Detective Series You've Always Been Meaning To Read, Anyway

There's no time like the present to read all fifty-six Sherlock Holmes stories. As the saying goes.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 15, 2020

Ludwig Bemelmans, Beloved Author of <em>Madeline</em>, Once Shot a Man.

Ludwig Bemelmans, Beloved Author of Madeline, Once Shot a Man.

He was only sixteen.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2020

Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist in history.

Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist in history.

Looking back on 100 years of the Queen of Crime.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 3, 2020

Raymond Chandler Wanted Cary Grant to Play Philip Marlowe.

Raymond Chandler Wanted Cary Grant to Play Philip Marlowe.

What a different movie that would have been.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 2, 2020

These Are Plot Descriptions of Actual Episodes from the 1960s Spy Television Series <em>The Man From U.N.C.L.E</em>, and Wow they are… Insane

These Are Plot Descriptions of Actual Episodes from the 1960s Spy Television Series The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and Wow they are… Insane

Sometimes the best medicine is bonkers 60s spycraft.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 1, 2020

Quaint English Village Murder Mystery TV Shows with a Million Seasons, for Your Binge-Watching Pleasure During These Hard Times

Quaint English Village Murder Mystery TV Shows with a Million Seasons, for Your Binge-Watching Pleasure During These Hard Times

Come for the thatched roofs and bicycles...stay for the murder.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 24, 2020

The 19 Best Crime-Solving Writers in Fiction, Ranked

The 19 Best Crime-Solving Writers in Fiction, Ranked

A cold, hard look at the detective and writing skills of Rick Castle, Harriet Vane, and more.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 5, 2020

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