• Essays

    Isis Crawford: What Baking Means to Me As a Mystery Writer

    Cooking was the first form of magic in Isis Crawford's life. Writing became the second.

    July 7, 2025  By Isis Crawford
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    Dana Elmendorf on Cold Cases Reopened by the Dead

    "Sometimes the dead don’t rest until they’ve been heard."

    July 3, 2025  By Dana Elmendorf
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    The Locked Room, Island-Style: Writing a Mystery Where Paradise Turns Deadly

    Katherine Wood on finding the right balance of escapism and dread.

    July 2, 2025  By Katherine Wood
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    The Author Who Ran an Ultramarathon to Write a Thriller

    Amy McCulloch faced the question; just how far would you go in the name of research?

    July 1, 2025  By Amy McCulloch
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    The Haunting Influence of Setting, and An Old Villa in Tuscany

    Daco S. Auffenorde on "the silent puppeteer of gothic fiction."

    July 1, 2025  By Daco Auffenorde
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    Rainy Noir: The Crime Fiction of Seattle

    Crime and the City goes on a reading tour through a rainy, beautiful metropolis.

    June 30, 2025  By Paul French
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    Why Do Humor and Murder Go Together So Well?

    Gloria Chao on the lighter side of crime.

    June 30, 2025  By Gloria Chao
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    Re-imagining the American West for Modern Horror Audiences

    Why horror is the perfect antidote to "false nostalgia for tropes of the American West’s gory saga"

    June 27, 2025  By Nick Belardes
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    Headless Bodies and Why We're Obsessed With Them

    Simon Toyne on the strange allure of stories about severed heads.

    June 26, 2025  By Simon Toyne
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    I Wanted To Write a Crime Novel Set in Paterson, NJ – Nordic Noir Fixed the Path

    Melanie Anagnos on finding her New Jersey by way of Scandinavian crime fiction.

    June 25, 2025  By Melanie Anagnos
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