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I'm Alone: How One Canadian Rumrunner Defied the U.S. Coast Guard and Sparked an International Scandal
The Sinking of the
I'm Alone
By
Dean Jobb
| March 25, 2021
The Actress, the Steward and the Ocean Liner: What Really Happened in Cabin 126?
In 1947, Gay Gibson boarded the
Durban Castle
. By the end of the voyage, she would be dead at the hands of a crew member. And soon enough, her life and death would make their way into the pulps.
By
Curtis Evans
| March 25, 2021
Hitchcock Presents: A Brief History of the Weird, Wild Hitchcock Shows That Once Dominated TV
In the 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock was everywhere, and his anthology series became a hotbed for young talent and strange stories.
By
Keith Roysdon
| March 24, 2021
The Joys of Populating Your Historical Novel with Real Life Art World Figures
I needed authenticity in my historical novel. So I filled it to the brim with the artists and iconoclasts of the 1960s New York art scene.
By
Helen A. Harrison
| March 24, 2021
How the Dutch Practice of Blindfolding Teenagers and Leaving Them in the Woods Inspired One Expat Writer To Write a Thriller
Nina Siegal lived in the Netherlands for fifteen years before she learned about the "droppings."
By
Nina Siegal
| March 23, 2021
Jacqueline Winspear: How I Became A Mystery Writer While Breaking Every Rule
The author of the iconic Maisie Dobbs series remembers her early days as an author and questions the nature of genre.
By
Jacqueline Winspear
| March 23, 2021
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Can Novelists Predict the Future?
By
Joel C. Rosenberg
| March 23, 2021
Hiding in Plain Sight: How Criminals Use Public Perception to Commit Crimes
By
Nick Martell
| March 22, 2021
An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?
By
Christina McDonald
| March 22, 2021
That Time Scientists Discovered a Creature in Loch Ness and Then Realized It Was a Sunken Prop from
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
An amazing example of life imitating art, concerning a movie about how the Loch Ness Monster isn't really the Loch Ness Monster.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| March 22, 2021
What Exactly Is Texas Noir?
"A sense of place cannot be underestimated. Texas, for better or worse, and often the latter, is its own place...The word "Texas" is as much an adjectival accelerant as is noir."
By
Rod Davis
| March 19, 2021
Betrayal Is Timeless: The Evolution of George Smiley
In 1961, John le Carré's readers were introduced to a new kind of spy, a “breathtakingly ordinary” man.
By
Bruce Riordan
| March 19, 2021
Cutter and Bone: Two Masterpieces Deserve Their Proper Due
Four decades on, Newton Thornburg's novel and the Ivan Passer adaptation still resonate as a defining vision of modern America.
By
Zach Vasquez
| March 19, 2021
Fifty Years Later,
Get Carter
Is Still the Iconic British Gangster Film
How the Michael Caine revenge flick attained cult status and changed the face of British crime cinema.
By
Andrew Nette
| March 18, 2021
Why Are We Obsessed With Psychopaths?
"Most of us aren’t thinking about clearing space in the bathroom cabinet for our ‘lovable’ psychopath’s toothbrush...but we seem to find ourselves drawn to them."
By
Nadine Matheson
| March 18, 2021
This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch
The Fugitive
Most people don't realize that the beloved thriller is a "Saint Patrick's Day movie," or even what that means, but it is. Oh, it is.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| March 17, 2021
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