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Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

Amanda Eyre Ward explains why keeping secrets is a writer's greatest craft tool.

By Amanda Eyre Ward | April 6, 2022

On The Law of Unintended Consequences

On The Law of Unintended Consequences

From the Streisand Effect to the Cobra Effect, the most interesting are the perverse.

By Jeffrey Siger | April 6, 2022

Guillermo Martínez: When Crime Fiction Lives in Crime Fiction

Guillermo Martínez: When Crime Fiction Lives in Crime Fiction

On the long tradition and curious effects of introducing real-life literature into a mystery novel.

By Guilllermo Martínez | April 5, 2022

On Cowriting and Mourning

On Cowriting and Mourning

A mother's illness spurred her family to write a novel—together.

By Timothy David Mack | April 1, 2022

The Unknown Man of Shandigor: How a Sixties Spy Spoof Went to the Arthouse

The Unknown Man of Shandigor: How a Sixties Spy Spoof Went to the Arthouse

Spy fiction was all the rage in the late Sixties. Jean-Louis Roy brought to the genre a unique vision.

By Tanner Tafelski | April 1, 2022

Funny Girls, Dangerous Women: Humor in the Modern Crime Novel

Funny Girls, Dangerous Women: Humor in the Modern Crime Novel

"[T]he tonal shift created by humor also allows for a brief respite, a safe space of contemplation..."

By Candice Wuehle | March 30, 2022

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Three Little-Known Maine Dishes That Will Have You Saying

Three Little-Known Maine Dishes That Will Have You Saying "Forget the Lobster"

On mackerel, sardines, and that strange Mainer soda known as "Moxie"

By Sarah Graves | March 29, 2022

Tyrants and Propaganda, Or The Totalitarian Need for Total Information Control

Tyrants and Propaganda, Or The Totalitarian Need for Total Information Control

What William Maz learned from life in 1980s Romania under Nicolae Ceausescu's repressive regime.

By William Maz | March 29, 2022

Crime and the City: Palm Springs

Crime and the City: Palm Springs

A long tradition of murder and mystery in the desert city known for architecture, design, and monied denizens.

By Paul French | March 28, 2022

Never Mind the Butler, Worry About the Maids

Never Mind the Butler, Worry About the Maids

On The Difficult and Dangerous Lives of 19th Century Domestic Servants

By Kathleen Marple Kalb | March 28, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s <em>West Side Story</em> is a Technical Masterpiece Despite its Sprawling Script

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a Technical Masterpiece Despite its Sprawling Script

Olivia Rutigliano on the new adaptation of a classic mid-century musical.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 25, 2022

Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Nick Kolakowksi takes a closer look at fictional portrayals of Billy the Kid through the ages.

By Nick Kolakowski | March 25, 2022

Science Fiction Is an Exploration Into What It Means To Be Human

Science Fiction Is an Exploration Into What It Means To Be Human

"[L]ike the people who inhabit a science fiction story, my characters are equally pushed to their limits...crime writers explore the outer reaches, not of the universe, but of the human psyche."

By Emma Haughton | March 25, 2022

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