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Munchausen by Proxy Is the Crime Story of the Moment

Munchausen by Proxy Is the Crime Story of the Moment

Four case studies of a disease that's rarer in real life than on TV.

By Nile Cappello | September 17, 2019

What Writers Can Learn from Dante—Seriously, From Dante

What Writers Can Learn from Dante—Seriously, From Dante

Writing is a lonely, anxiety-inducing business. Dante can help.

By Matthew Pearl | September 16, 2019

Seven of Crime Fiction's Most Terrifying Marriages

Seven of Crime Fiction's Most Terrifying Marriages

The complex, twisted literature of "till death do us part"

By Gina LaManna | September 16, 2019

Why We Will Always Love

Why We Will Always Love "The Masque of the Red Death"

Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic Masterpiece

By S.D. Sykes | September 16, 2019

50 Years Ago, <em>Scooby Doo</em> Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

50 Years Ago, Scooby Doo Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

An unlikely gang of mystery-solvers set out to change the world.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 13, 2019

How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

In a tumultuous era, a kids mystery show stirred up the old questions—and the atmosphere—of gothic storytelling.

By Eleni Theodoropoulos | September 13, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope

By John Copenhaver | September 13, 2019

Graphic Novels and Social Justice: A Primer

By John Vercher | September 12, 2019

A Conversation About Interrogating Our True Crime Obsessions

By Tori Telfer | September 12, 2019

In Defense of The Sheriff of Nottingham

In Defense of The Sheriff of Nottingham

Or, how to write villains with empathy (but no excuses)

By Nathan Makaryk | September 12, 2019

4 Iconic Crime Protagonists Who Are Even More Memorable Than Their Stories

4 Iconic Crime Protagonists Who Are Even More Memorable Than Their Stories

On character being more affecting than plot

By Thomas Kies | September 11, 2019

The Best 1990s Rom-Coms Are Detective Stories in Disguise

The Best 1990s Rom-Coms Are Detective Stories in Disguise

Because what is love if not a complete mystery?

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 10, 2019

The Long, Proud Tradition of Jazz-Infused Crime Novels

The Long, Proud Tradition of Jazz-Infused Crime Novels

From the beginning, noir and jazz have gone hand-in-hand.

By Alex Segura | September 9, 2019

Thrillers Revisit the <br>First Gulf War

Thrillers Revisit the
First Gulf War

30 Years Later, Looking at the War's Legacy in Fiction

By Siri Mitchell | September 9, 2019

The Crime-Solving, Plant-Savvy Scientists at the Cutting Edge of a New Forensics

The Crime-Solving, Plant-Savvy Scientists at the Cutting Edge of a New Forensics

Forensic ecologists make it their life's work to study pollen grains and microscopic spores left behind at crime scenes.

By Patricia Wiltshire | September 9, 2019

Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of September 2019

Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of September 2019

The best thrillers, noir, and true crime docs arriving this month.

By Camille LeBlanc | September 6, 2019

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