Wake Yourself Up With These Caffeinated Mysteries!

Wake Yourself Up With These Caffeinated Mysteries!

Naomi Kaye looks at five novels in which coffee, tea, and mate fuel the plot

By Naomi Kaye | October 6, 2025

Cheap, Quick, and Dirty: Five Noirs from Hollywood's Poverty Row

Cheap, Quick, and Dirty: Five Noirs from Hollywood's Poverty Row

Alex Rollins Berg on five classic B-movie noirs

By Alex Rollins Berg | October 3, 2025

Remember <em>The Ballad of Buster Scruggs</em>?

Remember The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Olivia Rutigliano discusses this late-career Coen Brothers' installment

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 3, 2025

<em>In Cold Blood</em>, The Gay Panic Defense, and the Murder of John Walter Mooney

In Cold Blood, The Gay Panic Defense, and the Murder of John Walter Mooney

60 years after the publication of Capote's masterpiece, one detail evokes the history of homophobic crimes and shameful excuses, then and now

By Carsten Andresen | October 3, 2025

The 15 Best Mafia Comedies

The 15 Best Mafia Comedies

Leave the gun, take the remote!

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 2, 2025

A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment

A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment

Authors from a new anthology explore the crimes, injustices, and consequences of this existential crisis

By Curtis Ippolito | October 2, 2025

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Let's Do the Crime Warp: Keith Roysdon Makes The Case for Keeping Settings Vintage in Contemporary Productions

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Twenty Years of <em>Capote</em>

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Horror Film Franchises That Refuse To Die

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Michael Wehunt on the hits that keep on coming

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On Writing Contemporary Mysteries vs. Historical Ones

On Writing Contemporary Mysteries vs. Historical Ones

Sherry Thomas weighs two equally fun approaches to crime fiction

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Crime and the City: Capri

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The Healing Power of Feminist Revenge Stories

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Charlene Wang on the “Good for Her” canon, and writing a different version of retribution

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10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Heist or Caper: Where Do You Stand?

Heist or Caper: Where Do You Stand?

Fran Wilde asks crime authors to weigh in on the eternal debate

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