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Donna Leon: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

For thirty years, Leon's Venetian mysteries have entranced readers. New readers are discovering her work all the time.

Deadpool Creator Fabian Nicieza on (Finally) Finishing His Novel

It only took 35 years of writing comics to learn that 35 years of writing comics would help him write his debut mystery.

For Lack of an Ending: How the 1970 Death of a Young Iowa Woman Became a Generations-Spanning Search for Truth

Katherine Dykstra first learned about the death of 18-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling from her mother-in-law. The case file would come to consume her, but why?

How Elizabeth Bowen's Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir

Anglo-Irish aristocrat and author Elizabeth Bowen chronicled the death of her class through her sinister depictions of the "big house."

"Now Vee May Perhaps to Begin": On Art, Theft, and Inspiration

Laura Lippman revisits Philip Roth's 'Zuckerman Unbound'

A List of Books That Are Not Quite Noir (But Also Not Not Noir)

"[N]oir has rules, the same way irony does, and I really don’t know what they are...Instead I’ll say this is a list of voices with some darkness in them."

Millennial Thrillers and the Power of Obsession

In an increasingly untethered world, women in thrillers use obsession as a counter to their disconnect and ennui.

On Cars, Characters, and Crime

"Driving shapes identity. And in turn, it becomes a sign of our identity."

Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City ... Only to Disappear Into It

A new novel explores the mysterious legacy of Andrew Haswell Green, the Father of Greater New York, who built Central Park and the New York Public Library, then all but disappeared into history.

The Gothic Elegance of Venice in Winter

Christine Mangan on the power of setting and the strange allure of off-season Venice.

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For thirty years, Leon's Venetian mysteries have entranced readers. New readers are discovering her work all the time.

It only took 35 years of writing comics to learn that 35 years of writing comics would help him write his debut mystery.

Katherine Dykstra first learned about the death of 18-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling from her mother-in-law. The case file would come to consume her, but why?

Anglo-Irish aristocrat and author Elizabeth Bowen chronicled the death of her class through her sinister depictions of the "big house."

Laura Lippman revisits Philip Roth's 'Zuckerman Unbound'

"[N]oir has rules, the same way irony does, and I really don’t know what they are...Instead I’ll say this is a list of voices with some darkness in them."

In an increasingly untethered world, women in thrillers use obsession as a counter to their disconnect and ennui.

"Driving shapes identity. And in turn, it becomes a sign of our identity."

A new novel explores the mysterious legacy of Andrew Haswell Green, the Father of Greater New York, who built Central Park and the New York Public Library, then all but disappeared into history.

Christine Mangan on the power of setting and the strange allure of off-season Venice.

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