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The Never-Ending Hawaiian Lawsuit and the Search for Yamashita's Gold

The Never-Ending Hawaiian Lawsuit and the Search for Yamashita's Gold

A Tale of Treasure, Torture, and Crime Across Eight Decades

By James Kestral | November 11, 2021

Code Blue: Ballard, Bosch and a City in Crisis in Michael Connelly's <em>The Dark Hours</em>

Code Blue: Ballard, Bosch and a City in Crisis in Michael Connelly's The Dark Hours

Connelly – the shadow historian for the LAPD and the city of Los Angeles – shows both institutions approaching a crisis point.

By Bruce Riordan | November 10, 2021

What About Ann Rule?

What About Ann Rule?

An ode to the original queen of true crime, who focused on victims, not perpetrators; lessons, not details; and loss, not violence.

By Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell | November 10, 2021

The Great Age of the Celebrity Crime Reporter

The Great Age of the Celebrity Crime Reporter

Percy Hoskins wasn't just a journalist. He was also 1950s-era Britain's go-to expert for all things crime-y.

By Lynne Truss | November 10, 2021

How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

Sometimes the setting really is a character in itself. But how do you get there?

By Alice Henderson | November 9, 2021

Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

When the author of Sideways sent his papers off to be catalogued, he never expected to find inspiration for his next novel.

By Rex Pickett | November 9, 2021

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Josephine Tey and the Detection Club: A Mystery Solved

Josephine Tey and the Detection Club: A Mystery Solved

Tey was invited to join the Detection Club, yet her name never appeared on the membership roll. What happened?

By Martin Edwards and Jennifer Morag Henderson | November 5, 2021

Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

It was there in Fleming's books and now it's in the movies, too: James Bond wants to die.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 5, 2021

What One Lawyer Learned Living with Nuns in Alabama While Representing a Man on Death Row

What One Lawyer Learned Living with Nuns in Alabama While Representing a Man on Death Row

When Donald Cameron Clark, Jr. teamed up with a lawyering nun to save a man's life, he learned to look beyond expectations.

By Donald Cameron Clark Jr | November 5, 2021

Columbo's First Case: How One of TV's Most Iconic Detectives Got His Start

Columbo's First Case: How One of TV's Most Iconic Detectives Got His Start

“Columbo” got a trial run on “Alfred Hitchcock” – and so did his first quarry.

By Keith Roysdon | November 4, 2021

What Agatha Christie's Novels—And Life—Have to Teach Today’s Crime Writers

What Agatha Christie's Novels—And Life—Have to Teach Today’s Crime Writers

A Christie Curriculum

By Lori Rader-Day | November 4, 2021

The Lure of Objects: On the Outsized Importance of Talismans and Symbols

The Lure of Objects: On the Outsized Importance of Talismans and Symbols

"Have you ever stopped to think about how the items in books help to define our favorite characters?"

By Heather Redmond | November 4, 2021

When Reality Is Too Strange To Make It Into Your Novel

When Reality Is Too Strange To Make It Into Your Novel

"You can't make this up": Anne Emery on the bizarre coincidences behind her latest historical mystery.

By Anne Emery | November 4, 2021

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