• Essays

    The Perfect Marriage Is the Perfect Illusion

    Bestselling thriller author Kaira Rouda explores the enduring power of the marriage thriller—and why the perfect union makes for the perfect crime.

    June 9, 2025  By Kaira Rouda
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     Write the Investigator You Needed

    Susan Juby on why she writes about a former Buddhist nun working as a butler.

    June 9, 2025  By Susan Juby
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    Reading Chester Himes: Who Is the Real Star of His Show?

    Grave Digger and Coffin Ed aren’t the main characters in the ‘Harlem Detectives’ series.

    June 5, 2025  By Thomas E. Ricks
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    Rory Power: In Defense of Murderous Main Characters

    'I have very little shock in me anymore. The question of "who would do such a thing?" feels asked and answered.'

    June 5, 2025  By Rory Power
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    Why the Expat Experience Is the Perfect Starting Point for a Thriller

    Kimberly Belle on adventure, discomfiture, and vulnerability.

    June 4, 2025  By Kimberly Belle
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    The High Cost of Silence: My Secret Life as a Whistleblower

    In the new book, 'False Claims,' Lisa Pratta chronicles her years working undercover in Big Pharma.

    June 3, 2025  By Lisa Pratta
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    The Art of Doing Nothing, The Craft of Making it Hurt

    Katia Lief on what cult leaders and crime novelists have in common.

    June 3, 2025  By Katia Lief
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    The Psychopath as Narrator

    "What crime writer wouldn’t want their psychopath to psychoanalyse themselves, in full view of the reader?"

    June 2, 2025  By Cara Hunter
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    When Victims Become Detectives

    Dete Meserve on time travel, detective work, and the possibilities envisioned in her new novel, 'The Memory Collectors'

    June 2, 2025  By Dete Meserve
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    William Boyle on Jim Thompson’s 'The Getaway'

    "It...feels like desperation itself. Bleeds it from around the edges. There’s something about the prose that is panicked, unrelenting. 

    May 30, 2025  By William Boyle
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