• Culture

    Maddie Day on Crafting Distinctive Settings for Cozy Mysteries

    Readers follow cozy series for the characters and the community—and setting is an integral part of that sense of character

    November 22, 2024  By Maddie Day
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    Researching the Historical Mystery Setting, or, The Importance of a Site Visit

    Exploring your setting IRL is the best way to get the details right—and the local experts on your side

    November 22, 2024  By Clara McKenna
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    The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

    Megan Abbott and Polly Stewart revisit Johnson's bleak and wild portrait of humanity.

    November 21, 2024  By Polly Stewart
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    The Ghosts of
    Tough Guys Don't Dance

    Norman Mailer's novel, and the film adaptation he directed himself, steep in noir so deeply that they flirt with horror.

    November 20, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Finding the Gothic in Arthurian Legends

    Sarah Jost on castles, romance, and madness in medieval tales and modern gothics

    November 20, 2024  By Sarah Jost
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    The Outsized Impact of George Cukor's "Gaslight"

    The movie masterpiece spawned a psychological analysis and a host of crime novels

    November 19, 2024  By Bonnie Kistler
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    License to Thrill: The Real and the Unreal in Spy Fiction

    Michael Idov on the spy novelist's sleight of hand tricks.

    November 19, 2024  By Michael Idov
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    Six Cat-And-Mouse Movie Capers for When You Feel Like Going on the Run

    Wild rides, madcap adventures, and plucky protagonists in way over their heads

    November 19, 2024  By Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    November 18, 2024  By CrimeReads 
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    From the Foreign Service to the World of Thrillers

    Mel Harrison on mining his career in the diplomatic service for fiction.

    November 18, 2024  By Mel Harrison
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