• Essays

    Finding Inspiration At A Former Military Base on the Big Island

    There is much fodder for crime fiction in Hawaiʻi's long and complicated relationship with the US military.

    February 3, 2022  By Robert McCaw
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    Beyond Helpmates and Victims: The Rise of the Proto-Feminist Detective Novel

    "The star detective writers of the post-war period were all women—and working women too."

    February 3, 2022  By Michelle Birkby
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    Sherlock Holmes's Artistic Ancestry

    Why did Conan Doyle decide to connect his fictional character with the Vernets, a family of distinguished French artists?

    February 2, 2022  By Timothy Miller
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    The Nosy Neighbor in Crime Fiction: Busybodies, Gossips, and Internet Sleuths

    Allison Buccola on the ever-vigilant observer of local mysteries.

    February 2, 2022  By Allison Buccola
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    The Art of Throwing Truly Memorable Parties – In Suspense Novels

    Lara Elena Donnelly on dinner parties, galas, country weekends and the many tortures they inflict on characters with secrets to hide.

    February 2, 2022  By Lara Elena Donnelly
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    Make the Face Match the Ass: Delilah S. Dawson on Transformation in Thrillers

    "The goal of a character’s transformation is that it feels natural, satisfying, and deserved."

    February 1, 2022  By Delilah S. Dawson
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    Hanslope Park: The True Home of Britain's Spy Gadgets

    T.A. Willberg on the whimsical and sometimes ghoulish history of Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre

    February 1, 2022  By T.A. Willberg
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    The Curious Fate of Care Leavers in Crime Fiction

    Crime fiction is packed with orphans, outcasts and the reinvented.

    January 31, 2022  By Sarah Hilary
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    Who Killed Christopher Marlowe?

    Conspiracy theories abound when it comes to the death of Shakespeare's greatest contemporary.

    January 31, 2022  By Alan Judd
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    Why Do We Feel So Much Empathy for Villains?

    "The ability to go on loving someone even when that person has done something awful is one of the hallmarks of who we are."

    January 31, 2022  By Jacquelyn Mitchard
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