On Writing and Living True Crime

On Writing and Living True Crime

"I never set out to be a journalist or a true crime writer, but given the central mystery of my childhood, perhaps it was inevitable."

By Kim Powers | April 19, 2022

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | April 18, 2022

Very Oregonized Crimes

Very Oregonized Crimes

An atlas of Oregon crime fiction.

By Emmeline Duncan | April 18, 2022

Looking back on one of the scariest serial-killer films ever made, <em>10 Rillington Place</em>

Looking back on one of the scariest serial-killer films ever made, 10 Rillington Place

In the 1971 British film, Richard Attenborough gives a brilliant, terrifying performance as real-life murderer John Christie

By Julia Sirmons | April 15, 2022

The High-Flying Self-Actualization of <em>The Flight Attendant</em>'s Second Season

The High-Flying Self-Actualization of The Flight Attendant's Second Season

Olivia Rutigliano on the continuation of HBO Max's fun espionage comedy

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 15, 2022

8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Spring

8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Spring

Scoundrels, Grifters, and Sacred Con Artists

By Lizzy Steiner | April 15, 2022

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  • The Disappearers
  • The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
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  • American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
  • The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial
  • I Liked Rex
  • Asmodeus
  • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

Walking the Line: A Marriage of Thriller & Romance

By Nicole Fanning | April 15, 2022

Gillian Flynn's Anti-Heroines And The Dark Side of Feminism

By Laure Van Rensburg | April 14, 2022

My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

By Rick Pullen | April 14, 2022

Carter Wilson: What I've Learned Through Hosting a Writing Podcast

Carter Wilson: What I've Learned Through Hosting a Writing Podcast

"Looking back on the past year of interviews, here are seven things I've learned from these amazing writers."

By Carter Wilson | April 14, 2022

Science Fiction For Crime Lovers: a Beginner’s Tour

Science Fiction For Crime Lovers: a Beginner’s Tour

Or, a look at five great scifi novels that also happen to be pitch-black noirs.

By Adam Oyebanji | April 13, 2022

Argonne Forest Park, Then and Now

Argonne Forest Park, Then and Now

How Argonne Forest Park became a succor for veterans and the inspiration for a novel.

By Jess Montgomery | April 12, 2022

Seven Great Rural Crime Films

Seven Great Rural Crime Films

These crime stories take advantage of the “wide-open intimacy” of a small, tight-knit community.

By Jeremy Scott | April 12, 2022

The Business of Blackmail in Gilded Age New York

The Business of Blackmail in Gilded Age New York

On William d'Alton Mann, prolific gossip columnist and profligate blackmailer.

By W. H. Flint | April 12, 2022

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | April 11, 2022

<em>Tokyo Vice</em> Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

Tokyo Vice Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

The new series, which is about journalists, police, and yakuza circling one another in milennium-era Japan, is invested in the long history, and fading future, of such a triangle.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2022

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