Essays

My First Day As a Crime Scene Cleaner

On Hauntings, Murder, and the Terrifying Blankness of Erasure

October 28, 2019  By J. W. Ocker
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How to Write Crime Fiction Set in the Near Future

"It isn’t so much about what’s possible, but what’s plausible."

October 28, 2019  By Steven James
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We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

Steph Cha looks at the divides of the crime writing community.

October 25, 2019  By Steph Cha
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Jane Toppan: Nurse, Caregiver, Serial Killer

Criminal Broads Presents: The Jolly One

October 24, 2019  By Tori Telfer
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The Art of Writing About Organized Crime, and The Rise and Fall of the New York Mafia

Talking Mafia History in A Former Mafia Stronghold

October 24, 2019  By Nancy Bilyeau
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The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday

In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.

October 23, 2019  By Michael Gonzales
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"The Most Spectacular Court Procedure in the Entire Life of the County"

Sarah Graham was murdered by her husband and his new wife. Temperance advocate Emma Molloy helped them with the coverup. Inside the strangest murder case in Missouri history.

October 23, 2019  By Larry E. Wood
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Berlin: A City of Crime Fiction

From historical novels to modern noirs, Berlin is a city of mystery.

October 21, 2019  By Paul French
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All the President's Men Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

Presidential scandals and the writing of a mystery classic

October 21, 2019  By Noah Berlatsky
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The Life and Times of Charles Willeford—Miami's Weird, Wonderful Master of Noir

For years he searched for a subject worthy of his talents. Then he found Miami and the '80s. Crime fiction would never be the same.

October 18, 2019  By Craig Pittman
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