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Meet Nancy Wake: Socialite, Spy, and The Most Decorated Heroine of WWII

Meet Nancy Wake: Socialite, Spy, and The Most Decorated Heroine of WWII

Her code name was The White Mouse, and she once killed a German soldier with her bare hands.

By Imogen Kealey | April 28, 2020

Tokyo Crime Novels: The Storms Beneath the Calm Surface

Tokyo Crime Novels: The Storms Beneath the Calm Surface

The long, complex tradition of crime writing in the Japanese capital.

By Paul French | April 27, 2020

The Long, Winding History of Sexton Blake, the Adamantly British Crime Fighter

The Long, Winding History of Sexton Blake, the Adamantly British Crime Fighter

He was Britain's most popular detective. Then he all but disappeared from the pop culture. Or did he?

By Mark Hodder | April 27, 2020

Crows Aren't Bad Omens

Crows Aren't Bad Omens

(But They May Be The Criminal Masterminds of the Bird World)

By Kay Hooper | April 27, 2020

Catherine Aird: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Catherine Aird: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

50 years - and counting - of clever, compelling mysteries.

By Neil Nyren | April 24, 2020

The Hunter, The Hunted, and “The Most Dangerous Game

The Hunter, The Hunted, and “The Most Dangerous Game"

A political thriller author and former SEAL Team member reflects on the warrior's life and a classic short story.

By Jack Carr | April 23, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

In Praise of the Slow, Complex Crime Novel

By TaraShea Nesbit | April 23, 2020

Why True Stories Don’t Always
Make Good Fiction

By David Moloney | April 22, 2020

From Atticus Finch to Saul Goodman: The Evolution of Lawyers on Screen and Page

By Paul Levine | April 21, 2020

Motherhood and Monsters: How Being a Parent Helps Me Write Thrillers

Motherhood and Monsters: How Being a Parent Helps Me Write Thrillers

"Nightmares have always been a normal occurrence for me, but during my pregnancy they were more vivid than usual, more visceral."

By Jennifer Hillier | April 21, 2020

The King of the Golden Age <br>Crime Novel in Japan: <br>Seishi Yokomizo

The King of the Golden Age
Crime Novel in Japan:
Seishi Yokomizo

The Golden Age of Mystery had its heyday in Japan, too. One author led the way.

By Paul French | April 20, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #19

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #19

North by Northwest (1959)

By Otto Penzler | April 20, 2020

Bosch Is Back—And He's Still the Prickly Bastard You Want Showing Up at a Crime Scene

Bosch Is Back—And He's Still the Prickly Bastard You Want Showing Up at a Crime Scene

Six seasons in, Bosch may just be TV's best police procedural.

By Keith Roysdon | April 17, 2020

Carter Brown and the Australian Craze for Faux American Crime Fiction

Carter Brown and the Australian Craze for Faux American Crime Fiction

In 1950s Australia, one author—writing books about detectives and cities he'd never visited—gave birth to a phenomenon.

By Andrew Nette | April 17, 2020

This Is the Book That Outsold <em>Dracula</em> in 1897

This Is the Book That Outsold Dracula in 1897

It's weird, and you haven't heard of it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 16, 2020

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

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