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The Scottish Anthropologist Who Inspired <em>Dracula</em>

The Scottish Anthropologist Who Inspired Dracula

Meet Emily Gerard, the travel writer who gave Bram Stoker the term "Nosferatu."

By Laurie R. King | June 9, 2021

The Shadow Was Pulp Fiction's Original Pop Culture Phenomenon. Now, He's Mostly Forgotten. What Happened?

The Shadow Was Pulp Fiction's Original Pop Culture Phenomenon. Now, He's Mostly Forgotten. What Happened?

Before Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, and Philip Marlowe, there was the crime-fighter who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men.

By Hector DeJean | June 9, 2021

Escaping Into British Humor Is the Perfect Balm

Escaping Into British Humor Is the Perfect Balm

In the crisp sentences of Wodehouse and the wry scenarios of Jerome, one author finds the escape she needs.

By Connie Berry | June 9, 2021

The 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Team Is Reuniting. This Is the News I've Been Waiting For.

The 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Team Is Reuniting. This Is the News I've Been Waiting For.

There's a mole, right at the top of the Circus, and he's been there for years...

By Dwyer Murphy | June 8, 2021

Why Ethel Rosenberg Matters

Why Ethel Rosenberg Matters

How did Ethel Rosenberg find the strength to bear her unjust persecution, and what can we learn from her today?

By Anne Sebba | June 8, 2021

How to Write an Effective Villain

How to Write an Effective Villain

Scouring classic thrillers for tips on how to write villains that will keep haunting readers long after the last page is read.

By Paul Howarth | June 8, 2021

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By Nekesa Afia | June 7, 2021

Summertime Crime Movies: Road Trips

Summertime Crime Movies: Road Trips

We've got some ideas about what you should be watching, this summer. Here's our first batch of recommendations.

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 4, 2021

The Art of Balancing Multiple Mystery Series

The Art of Balancing Multiple Mystery Series

J.A. Jance moves from one long-running series to another, and it turns out the characters sometimes have minds of their own.

By J.A. Jance | June 4, 2021

What Do Mystery Writers and Therapists Have in Common?

What Do Mystery Writers and Therapists Have in Common?

Therapists, like detectives, piece together clues and information in order to solve the mystery: that of a client's own dilemmas.

By Philippa East | June 4, 2021

Why Yarn Lovers Are Good Mystery Solvers

Why Yarn Lovers Are Good Mystery Solvers

"Knitting and reading simply go together."

By Allie Pleiter | June 4, 2021

Whatever Happened to Elise De Viane? On The Mystery Woman in Dashiell Hammett’s 1931 Sexual Assault Case

Whatever Happened to Elise De Viane? On The Mystery Woman in Dashiell Hammett’s 1931 Sexual Assault Case

90 years later, few know the story of Hammett's friend-turned-victim, who won a substantial settlement against the author after a violent sexual assault.

By Curtis Evans | June 3, 2021

Stopping for a Moment to Appreciate the Original 1961 film <em>One Hundred and One Dalmatians</em>

Stopping for a Moment to Appreciate the Original 1961 film One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Aside from having one of the most high-stakes plots in crime film history, the film is an aesthetic masterpiece and an innovative development in the history of animation.

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 3, 2021

A Translator Considers the Joys of Crime Fiction

A Translator Considers the Joys of Crime Fiction

On the intense excitement of translating a mystery, line by line.

By Michael Meigs | June 3, 2021

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