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Robin Peguero: How Proximity to Murder Has Shaped My Life

Robin Peguero: How Proximity to Murder Has Shaped My Life

A Harvard man and a Florida teenager: the author of a new legal thriller looks back at the murderers that set his course.

By Robin Peguero | May 17, 2022

The Comfort of Dark Crime Fiction in Dark Times

The Comfort of Dark Crime Fiction in Dark Times

Misha Popp on the viewers who find what they need in Criminal Minds

By Misha Popp | May 16, 2022

Asking Why Women Like True Crime Is Condescending

Asking Why Women Like True Crime Is Condescending

So maybe...don't do it?

By Caite Dolan-Leach | May 16, 2022

Black and White and Noir All Over: A Brief History of Vintage Newspaper Crime Comic Strips

Black and White and Noir All Over: A Brief History of Vintage Newspaper Crime Comic Strips

Keith Roysdon on a once wildly popular, now mostly forgotten art.

By Keith Roysdon | May 13, 2022

Revisiting Gary Indiana’s Bewildering, Haunting True Crime Trilogy

Revisiting Gary Indiana’s Bewildering, Haunting True Crime Trilogy

Indiana's books were bold, inventive, and ahead of their time.

By Tobias Carroll | May 13, 2022

10 Reasons Why Victorian England Is the Perfect Setting for Murder

10 Reasons Why Victorian England Is the Perfect Setting for Murder

Pea-soup fog, charlatans, death cults, spiritualists, and so much more!

By Connie Berry | May 12, 2022

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Experiencing Everyday Horror Through The Eyes Of A Post-Trauma Protagonist

By Kelly McClure | May 12, 2022

Eden Collinsworth on the Mystery Behind a Masterpiece

By Eden Collinsworth | May 11, 2022

Amber Cowie on Elevating Horror

By Amber Cowie | May 11, 2022

Crime Fiction Is Having a TV Moment, and That Moment Isn’t Going To Be Over Any Time Soon.

Crime Fiction Is Having a TV Moment, and That Moment Isn’t Going To Be Over Any Time Soon.

Dervla McTiernan on the new wave of limited series adapted from standalone thrillers.

By Dervla McTiernan | May 10, 2022

Sara Paretsky: V.I. <br>Warshawski and My Quest for Voice and Justice

Sara Paretsky: V.I.
Warshawski and My Quest for Voice and Justice

"V. I. Warshawski becomes not just my voice in the world, but the expresser of my own conflicts over morality."

By Sara Paretsky | May 10, 2022

Hollywood and Hookers: Debunking the Stereotype

Hollywood and Hookers: Debunking the Stereotype

"I wanted to discover whether Hollywood has perpetuated the early 20th Century stereotype of sex workers as boozy, broke and burned out."

By Jodé Millman | May 9, 2022

The Pandemic: Inspiration and Injury to Writers

The Pandemic: Inspiration and Injury to Writers

Lark O. Jensen on what mystery authors did to get by without conferences, book signings, and holiday fairs.

By Lark O. Jensen | May 9, 2022

The Final Twist

The Final Twist

"I’m talking about the twist...in the final pages, the twist that morphs the way you interpret the entire book."

By Sandra Block | May 9, 2022

Poliziotteschi"> 50 Years of

50 Years of

Poliziotteschi">

Poliziotteschi">50 Years of "Milano Calibro 9" and Italian Cinema's Ultra-Noir Poliziotteschi

Andrew Nette on the distinctive crime films that emerged from Italy’s anni di piombo

By Andrew Nette | May 5, 2022

From Teenage Runaway To Crime Fiction Novelist

From Teenage Runaway To Crime Fiction Novelist

"The moment the opportunity presented itself, I grabbed my guitar case and ran..."

By Laurie Buchanan | May 5, 2022

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