• Essays

    On Metaphysics and Murder

    "Ideas alone can be abstract and bloodless, but they come alive when they are woven into a narrative."

    January 25, 2023  By Carolyn Korsmeyer
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    Crime Fiction Heroes: To Age or Forever Young?

    "My vote is that our heroes shouldn’t appear to be immortal."

    January 25, 2023  By Paul Levine
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    Crime Fiction Featuring Recently Released or Escaped Prisoners

    Or, when prison is just the start of your story...

    January 24, 2023  By Janice Hallett
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    Is Cormac McCarthy’s “The Passenger” a Thriller in Disguise, or Something Deeper?

    McCarthy has proven he's a master of thriller tropes...but to what end?

    January 23, 2023  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Warren G. Harding: 100 Years Since the Death of a President Straight Out of a Coen Brothers' Movie

    Did the Harding Administration's rampant corruption and incompetency pave the way for a new century of politics?

    January 23, 2023  By Zack Budryk
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    Murder, Mystery, and Midwestern Noir

    'Midwestern Noir is what happens when you take all the elements of Nordic Noir and plant them in what even midwesterners refer to as "the middle of nowhere."'

    January 23, 2023  By Hannah Morrissey
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    Which Bank Heist Crew Is the Best Fit For You?

    Before joining a bank heist gang, it's important to coldly evaluate their leader, their goals, and your own ability to drive stick shift.

    January 20, 2023  By Dwyer Murphy
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    Karen Pirie is a Moody, Reflective Series About the Power of Moments in Time

    Season one, which is set in 2021 and flashes back 25 years, isn't simply nostalgic for the 90s... it remembers the 90s.

    January 19, 2023  By Alexis Gunderson
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    How Stephen King Made Me and Saved Me

    ...And the list of books I leaned on along the way.

    January 19, 2023  By J.H. Markert
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    How Fine Art Has Become a Tool for the Bad Guys

    Victoria Houston on the many ways fine art has gotten itself mixed up with modern crime.

    January 18, 2023  By Victoria Houston
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