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The Women Who Edited Crime Fiction

The Women Who Edited Crime Fiction

For decades, four women were at the center of the mystery world. They built careers, discovered legends, and shaped a genre.

By Sarah Weinman | April 16, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #20

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #20

The Conversation (1974)

By Otto Penzler | April 16, 2020

Financial Crime in an Infectious World

Financial Crime in an Infectious World

Mindy Mejia on finance thrillers, pandemics, and times of desperation

By Mindy Mejia | April 15, 2020

Confessions of a Conspiracy Theorist

Confessions of a Conspiracy Theorist

Do conspiracy thrillers serve a valuable, humanistic function? Or are they just plain dangerous?

By Oliver Harris | April 14, 2020

Show, Don’t Tell—Unless Animal Cruelty Is Involved

Show, Don’t Tell—Unless Animal Cruelty Is Involved

On Crafting an Animal Rights Thriller

By Megan Allen | April 13, 2020

The Courtesan: <br>A Fascinating Woman

The Courtesan:
A Fascinating Woman

The women who shattered taboos and crossed social barriers in 19th century Europe.

By M.J. Tjia | April 10, 2020

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The 12 Darkest Endings in the History of Noir Fiction

By Zach Vasquez | April 10, 2020

Elmore Leonard, Florida Man

By Craig Pittman | April 9, 2020

Suing Hollywood

By Tess Gerritsen | April 9, 2020

Columbus, Ohio: From Cowtown to Crimetown

Columbus, Ohio: From Cowtown to Crimetown

Why the U.S.'s 14th largest city is the next center for crime writing.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins | April 8, 2020

Honestly, Writing a Recurring Character is a Lot Like Having an Imaginary Friend

Honestly, Writing a Recurring Character is a Lot Like Having an Imaginary Friend

You don't have to stop inventing wonderful individuals just because you're an adult.

By Sulari Gentill | April 7, 2020

Cluster the Pieces: A Mother’s Killer, Found Through the Power of Language and Grief

Cluster the Pieces: A Mother’s Killer, Found Through the Power of Language and Grief

A daughter's grief, a forensics expert, and an unsolved murder.

By Kristine S. Ervin | April 6, 2020

Ishmael Reed’s Hoodoo Detective

Ishmael Reed’s Hoodoo Detective

The 1972 cult crime novel that explores Black identity, African religion, civilizations at war, and all of recorded history.

By Scott Adlerberg | April 6, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 21

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 21

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

By Otto Penzler | April 6, 2020

Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist in history.

Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist in history.

Looking back on 100 years of the Queen of Crime.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 3, 2020

Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow

Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow

The evolution of a career in crime fiction, from surf noir to borderland epics.

By Bruce Riordan | April 3, 2020

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