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Teens Turned into Detectives: Six Novels Featuring Young and Amateur Sleuths

Teens Turned into Detectives: Six Novels Featuring Young and Amateur Sleuths

Tom Ryan Recommends Donna Tartt, Marisha Pessl, Mark Haddon, and More

By Tom Ryan | October 15, 2025

Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

Nick Kolakowski on the Settings, Shane-Black-isms, and Signature Leitmotifs of a Long Cinematic Career

By Nick Kolakowski | October 1, 2025

Crime and the City: Chengdu

Crime and the City: Chengdu

A Mystery-Literary Tour of Western China

By Paul French | September 22, 2025

Lou Berney on archetypes, writing big books, and 1990s Russia

Lou Berney on archetypes, writing big books, and 1990s Russia

Alex Dueben talks to Berney about his new novel "Crooks"

By Alex Dueben | September 10, 2025

Why food and murder pair so well in fiction

Why food and murder pair so well in fiction

Carmela Dutra presents stories where murder's on the menu

By Carmela Dutra | September 9, 2025

Crime and the City: Bath

Crime and the City: Bath

Taking the Crime Waters in Cozy Bath

By Paul French | September 8, 2025

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Boxing as Craft: What Getting Punched in the Face Taught Ken Jaworowski About Writing

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Adultery, Embezzlement, Murder: A Short List of the Royal Family's Crimes and Scandals

Adultery, Embezzlement, Murder: A Short List of the Royal Family's Crimes and Scandals

Darcie Wilde Offers Up Monarchical Shenanigans from George III to (the Not-So-Prudish) Queen Victoria

By Darcie Wilde | August 28, 2025

Survival, Survivalism, Slaughter: Why Nature and Wilderness Work Well in Crime Fiction

Survival, Survivalism, Slaughter: Why Nature and Wilderness Work Well in Crime Fiction

Sam Wiebe (as Nolan Chase) Explores Gender, Doomsday Prep, and the Links Between Mystery and Nature Writing

By Sam Wiebe | August 26, 2025

Possessed by Possession: Five Novels on the Dark Allure of Our Inner (and Outer) Demons

Possessed by Possession: Five Novels on the Dark Allure of Our Inner (and Outer) Demons

Peter Rosch Recommends Terrifying Tales from Sara Gran, Paul Tremblay, Justin Evans, and More

By Peter Rosch | August 26, 2025

Deadstreaming in Three, Two, One: Sarah Driscoll on Twitch and Social Media's Dark Sides

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The Author of "Shadow Play" Explores Threats in Literature and Life in the Age of Livestreaming

By Sara Driscoll | August 26, 2025

Salad Days and Sleuthing: Five Cozy Stories Shaped by Youth, Innocence, and Vulnerability

Salad Days and Sleuthing: Five Cozy Stories Shaped by Youth, Innocence, and Vulnerability

Ginger Bolton Recommends Mysteries by Amanda Flower, Lynn Cahoon, Uzma Jalaluddin, and Others

By Ginger Bolton | August 26, 2025

<em>The Old Man and the Gun</em> is a Happy Memory

The Old Man and the Gun is a Happy Memory

Olivia Rutigliano looks at Robert Redford's bank-robbing pseudo-swan-song

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 22, 2025

On Horror, Grief, and the Mothers Who Won’t Hear You

On Horror, Grief, and the Mothers Who Won’t Hear You

Ania Ahlborn on the secret scariest part of the horror story.

By Ania Ahlborn | August 21, 2025

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