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What does it mean to "Visualize Detection?"

A transcript from Olivia Rutigliano's talk on detective fiction and visual culture at New York City's Salmagundi Club

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 19, 2024

A Tale of Two Cities: Taking My Fictional Detective From Minneapolis to LA

A Tale of Two Cities: Taking My Fictional Detective From Minneapolis to LA

PJ Tracy shakes up her series with some changes in setting

By P.J. Tracy | September 19, 2024

The Backlist: Rebecca Makkai on 'The Murderess' and Reading in Translation

The Backlist: Rebecca Makkai on 'The Murderess' and Reading in Translation

Makkai and Polly Stewart discuss Alexandros Papadiamantis and the project that's taking Makkai across the world of literature.

By Polly Stewart | September 18, 2024

Storm Warning: A Surprisingly Frank Noir Indictment of the Ku Klux Klan, Starring Ronald Reagan

Storm Warning: A Surprisingly Frank Noir Indictment of the Ku Klux Klan, Starring Ronald Reagan

A mostly forgotten 1951 film looked at terrorism in small-town America.

By Keith Roysdon | September 18, 2024

Bringing Nicholas Meyer's <em>The Seven-Per-Cent Solution</em> to the Big Screen

Bringing Nicholas Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution to the Big Screen

Inside the most legendary adaptation process in Sherlockian history

By Steven T. Doyle | September 17, 2024

Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

Nightmare vehicles, frightening jewelry, and a dead man's suit

By Lamar Giles | September 17, 2024

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The Funniest Things Dorothy L. Sayers Said About (and In) Detective Fiction

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 13, 2024

Married to the Mob: When the Mafia Infiltrated and Shook Down Hollywood Unions

By Michael Benson and Craig Singer | September 13, 2024

Justice for Lucy Westenrea

Justice for Lucy Westenrea

On reconsidering, and reimagining, one of the most mistreated characters in fiction

By Kiersten White | September 11, 2024

Unsung Detectives From a Millennial Youth

Unsung Detectives From a Millennial Youth

From Carmen Sandiego to Cowboy Bebop, Libby Cudmore looks at the 90s icons that taught her to love noir

By Libby Cudmore | September 9, 2024

Four Gothic and Neo-Gothic Novels About Mothers

Four Gothic and Neo-Gothic Novels About Mothers

"Maternal figures not only propel Gothic plots but heighten their terror."

By Gail Lukasik | September 6, 2024

Are You the Scorpion or the Frog? Horror as Social Commentary

Are You the Scorpion or the Frog? Horror as Social Commentary

"[H]orror is drawn from our connections with each other, and makes us reconsider the roles we play in each other’s lives."

By Vincent Tirado | September 5, 2024

Horror, Hauntings, and HGTV

Horror, Hauntings, and HGTV

"I admit I find the home improvement shows far scarier than the paranormal ones."

By Sarah Pinsker | September 5, 2024

The Time I Met Adam West

The Time I Met Adam West

Olivia Rutigliano on a surreal encounter with a legend.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 4, 2024

Templates, Not Fantasies: Complicated Final Girls and Why We Need Them

Templates, Not Fantasies: Complicated Final Girls and Why We Need Them

If we can see ourselves reflected in the Final Girl, we can learn from her how to survive

By Cheryl Isaacs | September 4, 2024

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