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    Snapshots in the Life of a Criminal Data Analyst

    Snapshots in the Life of a Criminal Data Analyst

    "While the cops are in the wireroom listening live for the street hustle, I’m at my desk with my herbal tea, listening to recorded calls. Tracing the money."

    By Brian Selfon | October 14, 2020

    How Edward Hopper’s Stony Blonde Became a Noir Icon

    How Edward Hopper’s Stony Blonde Became a Noir Icon

    On The Femme Fatale Who Flipped the Script

    By Stephanie Kane | October 14, 2020

    In crime fiction, anyone can be a murderer. That's what's so great about it.

    In crime fiction, anyone can be a murderer. That's what's so great about it.

    Lisa Jewell explores toxic masculinity in her latest thriller, but takes a stand for equal opportunity killing in the genre at large.

    By Lisa Jewell | October 13, 2020

    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    Mid-century pulps featuring women in love were meant to titillate straight men, but soon found their way to a lesbian audience desperate for representation.

    By Chloe Maveal | October 12, 2020

    The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of <em>Freddy's Dead</em>

    The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of Freddy's Dead

    If horror exists to reinforce the status quo, then how did we end up rooting for Freddy?

    By Paul Michael Anderson | October 9, 2020

    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler's letters to a younger crime writer offer a revealing—and often ugly—glimpse into his later years.

    By Curtis Evans | October 8, 2020

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    The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

    By Michael Cannell | October 8, 2020

    Memories of an Accidental Mystery Writer

    By Sherry Thomas | October 8, 2020

    The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's "Jukebox Killer"

    By Andrew Nette | October 7, 2020

    Thoroughly Modern Hauntings: How Ghost Stories Keep Finding New Ways to Scare Us

    Thoroughly Modern Hauntings: How Ghost Stories Keep Finding New Ways to Scare Us

    From The Ring to The Host, modern technology has only made horror stories scarier.

    By Frazer Lee | October 7, 2020

    Meet Catherine Louisa Pirkis, creator of the 19th century's most progressive lady detective character

    Meet Catherine Louisa Pirkis, creator of the 19th century's most progressive lady detective character

    Her protagonist, Loveday Brooke, was an anomaly amid the Victorian lady detective literary craze, for many reasons—including simply for having been created by a woman.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 6, 2020

    Why I'm Proud to Have My Books Called

    Why I'm Proud to Have My Books Called "Crime Fiction"

    For poor folks, crime is sometimes the only option.

    By Bryn Greenwood | October 6, 2020

    Adventures in Shark Cage Diving

    Adventures in Shark Cage Diving

    Ecotourists looking for extreme thrills have embraced cage diving—but how do sharks feel about it?

    By Sara E. Johnson | October 6, 2020

    Walking the Hybrid Tightrope with Romantic Suspense

    Walking the Hybrid Tightrope with Romantic Suspense

    How do authors pull off the tricky balance of action and amore?

    By Irene Hannon | October 5, 2020

    Houdini, Escapist Fiction and The Role of Art

    Houdini, Escapist Fiction and The Role of Art

    Why do some draw a line between literary art and escapist fiction?

    By Lonnie Busch | October 5, 2020

    The Strange Life and Mysterious Disappearance of a Very American Painting

    The Strange Life and Mysterious Disappearance of a Very American Painting

    Craig Johnson on Custer, and the painting that ornamented barroom walls across America, then vanished.

    By Craig Johnson | October 2, 2020

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