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The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense
History teaches us there are five rules to getting away with murder.
By
Laura James
| February 25, 2020
The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre
The use—and misuse—of mental health disorders in crime fiction.
By
Peter Swanson
| February 25, 2020
People v. Gillette: How an Obscure Execution in the Finger Lakes Inspired Generations of Storytellers
The Long Cultural Afterlife of a Horrifying Crime
By
S.L. McInnis
| February 24, 2020
Bullying Has Always Been Bad. Social Media Makes It Worse.
An Icelandic crime writer reflects on the changing nature of bullying, now one of society's greatest ills.
By
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
| February 24, 2020
The Life and Work of C.W. Grafton: Crime Novelist, Lawyer, and Father to a Mystery Icon
He's remembered now as the father of Sue Grafton. But for a brief period, he was one of crime fiction's most promising authors.
By
L. Wayne Hicks
| February 21, 2020
The Punk Rock Private Eye and the End of an Era in Downtown New York
In 1979, as the music scene was under threat, one man captured its corruption in true noir fashion.
By
David Masciotra
| February 21, 2020
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The Girl in the Mansion:
How Gothic Romances Became Domestic Noirs
By
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
| February 20, 2020
Money Ain’t a Thang: 'Paid in Full' and the Culture That Rose out of New York's Crack Era
By
Michael Gonzales
| February 20, 2020
On Cults, and the
Weight of Family
By
Nile Cappello
| February 19, 2020
Love and Loss in the Time of Swamp Monsters
On Romance, Graphic Novels, and Environmental Activism in
Swamp Thing
By
Andy Davidson
| February 18, 2020
Why Are We Still So Fascinated by Diana Mitford?
On our cultural obsession with Diana Mitford, the English aristocrat who went from well-dressed socialite to loathsome fascist.
By
Jessica Fellowes
| February 17, 2020
Cold Cases of History: The Murder of Juan Borgia
500 years ago, a scion of the infamous Borgias was murdered. Plenty had reason to murder him, but the exact culprit has never been discovered.
By
Alyssa Palombo
| February 13, 2020
How Charles Dickens Presaged the Rise of True Crime Podcasts
Barnaby Rudge
was a new kind of 'crime' story, with an unresolved murder tale which unfolded orally and serially. Today's podcasters are chasing the same magic.
By
Susan Cook
| February 13, 2020
100 Years Ago, the World's Biggest Action Star Was a Woman Named Pearl
The forgotten history of "Fearless Peerless Pearl" and the brief heyday of silent movie action heroines.
By
Radha Vatsal
| February 12, 2020
Worldbuilding: Crime and Fantasy Books Have More in Common Than You Might Think
In noir, as in fantasy, it's all about finding the right details.
By
Kelly Braffet
| February 11, 2020
The True Crimes of Dallas: A Lifetime's Obssesion
An author's enduring interest in hometown crime
By
Kathleen Kent
| February 11, 2020
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