• Essays

    Does Historical Accuracy Matter in Historical Fiction?

    With fiction, the answers are never quite so simple.

    January 18, 2023  By Mark Ellis
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    North Atlantic Noir

    Dark novels from both sides of the pond.

    January 18, 2023  By Samuel Martin
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    Colin Cotterill Is on a Mission to Write Something That Will Make You Shout with Glee

    The crime writer's circuitous journey from cinemas to educational sitcoms in Thailand to crime novels.

    January 18, 2023  By Colin Cotterill
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    Lawful Lawlessness: The Rules for Writing Crime Fiction

    (And Which of Your Favorite Authors Break Them)

    January 17, 2023  By Benjamin Stevenson
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    On The "Shadowy Menace" of the Suburbs

    "In the suburbs, it was more of a crime undertow than a crime wave. This lawlessness tended to happen behind the locked doors of split-level homes."

    January 17, 2023  By Stephen Amidon
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    Lone Woman and Cub: The Divergent Paths of Two Neo-Noirs

    A double feature with John Cassavetes' 'Gloria' and Erick Zonca's 'Julia'

    January 13, 2023  By Scott Adlerberg
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    With the Dead

    Swedish author Christoffer Carlsson reflects on the forking paths that brought him unexpectedly to a life in books.

    January 11, 2023  By Christoffer Carlsson
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    A Guide to Victorian Death Rites

    Laura Joh Rowland's illustrated guide to death in Victorian society.

    January 11, 2023  By Laura Joh Rowland
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    Men Are the Most Likely Victims of Homicide. Why Do Crime Writers Kill So Many Women?

    "[B]y repeatedly inflicting violence on female characters, we are...policing our actions and enlisting our aid in keeping others oppressed."

    January 10, 2023  By Jennifer Herrera
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    On Writing A Mystery That Defies Rationality

    "I wanted to dig my teeth into someone...whose emotional world was more important than their intellectual one."

    January 10, 2023  By Maria Dong
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