• Essays

    Polly Stewart: Why I Had to Write About Modern-Day Moonshiners

    "Very few people I met seemed to realize that when the rest of the country stopped making and drinking moonshine, Appalachia kept right on."

    July 15, 2025  By Polly Stewart
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    One Morning in Auckland

    A glimpse of the city, through the eyes of Hana Westerman, the main character in Michael Bennett's New Zealand-set crime series.

    July 15, 2025  By Michael Bennett
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    American Carnage: Hammett's Red Harvest and Mass Violence in the United States

    "The intensity of the mass violence which afflicted the United States in the years following World War One is truly remarkable"

    July 14, 2025  By Curtis Evans
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    Kate Russo: The Story I Never Wanted To Tell

    Decades later, a tragic death still has the power to haunt.

    July 14, 2025  By Kate Russo
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    The Silver Golden Goose Score: On Richard Stark and a Harlem Heist

    Michael Gonzales remembers discovering Donald E. Westlake's Parker novels.

    July 11, 2025  By Michael Gonzales
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    Why Daylight Killings (in Life and Literature) Are So Deeply Disturbing

    Christopher J. Yates on the darkness of daylight.

    July 10, 2025  By Christopher J. Yates
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    Michael Robotham On Why We Love Stories About Gangsters

    Family. Loyalty. Success. Prosperity. How did mobsters come to represent the American Dream?

    July 10, 2025  By Michael Robotham
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    The Murder Mystery: Keeping It Fresh

    Liza Tully on a beloved genre and how authors stay a step ahead of their readers.

    July 9, 2025  By Liza Tully
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    When the Attorneys Lose Faith in the Rule of Law

    Gabriel Urza on the collapse of due process and the dangers of bad faith actors in the legal system.

    July 8, 2025  By Gabriel Urza
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    Why Criminal Profiling Is A Pop Culture Myth

    Eric Rickstad on the books and movies that taught us to believe in an imaginary world of criminal profilers.

    July 8, 2025  By Eric Rickstad
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