• Essays

    Thrilled and Intrigued: An Appreciation of Classic British Thrillers

    "I learned a great deal from all of the great British thriller writers, not only about writing but about the world"

    December 7, 2022  By Dominic Martell
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    On Frankenstein, Polar Exploration, and the Stark Choices of Survival

    Polar exploration is the perfect setting to explore ambiguity, storytelling, and lack of resolution.

    December 6, 2022  By Henriette Lazaridis
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    “True Detective” Season Two: An Unholy Mess, or Better Than You Remember?

    Was the celebrated/ridiculed show's second season actually in keeping with the tradition of California Noir?

    December 2, 2022  By Nick Kolakowski
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    A Foretaste of Culinary Cozy Mysteries

    On the original gourmands of Golden Age detective fiction.

    December 2, 2022  By Maya Corrigan
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    All the Pretty Beasts: What We Choose to Save of Our Natural World

    On conservation and fiction.

    December 1, 2022  By Bradley Somer
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    What Makes Niagara Falls Such A Perfect Setting for a Murder Mystery?

    The answer lies in the Gilded Age heyday of the popular tourist spot.

    November 30, 2022  By Rosemary Simpson
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    Walter Mosley on Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet

    "This permission to imagine, I believe, is the gift of all comics but T’Challa, the Black Panther, was a special gift to many young black people. Rather than a creation for us, it was a manifestation of our underlying dreams."

    November 29, 2022  By Walter Mosley
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    “Three Pines” Puts a Darker Lens on Louise Penny’s Series

    Still, fans and newcomers will find a lot to love

    November 29, 2022  By Elizabeth Held
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    Noir Confidential: On Editing Crime Books and Living a Life Filled With Mystery

    "In writing as in life, we stumble on, piecing together whatever clues we manage to uncover."

    November 29, 2022  By Patricia Mulcahy
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    Surrounded by Beauty – Can an Object Ask you to Commit a Crime?

    Usually criminologists study the criminal, but many of today’s scholars recommend an object-centric approach for understanding art crime. Cordy Abbott looks at a new model for why your antagonist committed art, antiquities or antiques theft.

    November 28, 2022  By Cordy Abbott
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