• Essays

    Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

    When the writing gets personal...

    April 27, 2022  By Alma Katsu
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    Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form

    David Gordon on the long, rich history of private eyes – and why contemporary novelists keep on turning to them.

    April 26, 2022  By David Gordon
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    Michael Nava Remembers Dick Lipez, Who Wrote Pioneering Gay Mysteries As Richard Stevenson

    Dick Lipez (1938-2022), writing under the pen name of Richard Stevenson, wanted to "present a gay man as contented and not tortured."

    April 26, 2022  By Michael Nava
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    Lost and Found: Rediscovering E.C.R. Lorac’s Two-Way Murder  

    Martin Edwards on a Golden Age classic, an enigmatic author, and her "pleasantly persistent Inspector Macdonald."

    April 25, 2022  By Martin Edwards
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    Parenting, Paranoia, and the Pandemic

    How lockdown helped one parent and author overcome fear and embrace living life to the fullest.

    April 25, 2022  By Samantha M. Bailey
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    You Know, For Kids! The History of a Teenage James Bond

    The license to kill, the drinking, the racy affairs...what could go wrong bringing Bond to young readers?

    April 22, 2022  By Luke Poling
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    On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow

    Doctorow is known for his rich, often gritty historical fiction, but he interweaves tropes from noir and hardboiled fiction to create a rich, American subgenre all his own.

    April 22, 2022  By Jesse Pasternack
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    Dope: On George Cain, New York City, and Blueschild Baby

    Michael Gonzales on the man and the life behind a literary phenomenon in 1970 New York.

    April 21, 2022  By Michael Gonzales
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    The Charming Mid-Century Murder Mysteries and Rich Interior Life of Edith Howie

    Howie's sleuths in her well-received proto-cozy crime novels always ended up together, but she herself stayed proudly single.

    April 21, 2022  By Curtis Evans
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    Switzerland's Inching Progress Towards Legalizing Marijuana

    "Considering its innate conservatism, Switzerland’s attitude toward drug use...has been surprisingly pragmatic and humane."

    April 20, 2022  By Kim Hays
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