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Alaska: Northern Noir

Alaska: Northern Noir

Crime fiction has found a strange home in the cold wilds of Alaska.

By Paul French | December 2, 2019

Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

Mauro Altamura signed up as an extra on 'The Irishman'—he'd been struggling with the legacy of the Hoffa killing for 50 years.

By Mauro Altamura | November 27, 2019

<em>Knives Out</em> Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

Knives Out Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

Rian Johnson's new movie celebrates the whodunit—while also skewering its traditional power structure to condemn the 1%

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 27, 2019

Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War

Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War

I thought I had emerged from my Northern Irish childhood unscathed. It took me years to realize that wasn’t true.

By Michael Hughes | November 26, 2019

The Rising Stars of Crime Fiction in the 2010s

The Rising Stars of Crime Fiction in the 2010s

In celebration of the best new crime and mystery writers of the decade, from the up-and-coming to those who've arrived.

By CrimeReads | November 25, 2019

Louisa May Alcott’s Forgotten Thrillers Are Revolutionary Examples of Early Feminism

Louisa May Alcott’s Forgotten Thrillers Are Revolutionary Examples of Early Feminism

Let's set aside her so-called "moral pap for children" and celebrate her sensationalist shockers.

By stephaniesylverne | November 22, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How a Gang of Heavy Metal Stoners Went to 1980s L.A. and Became the Notorious MS-13

By Óscar Martínez and Juan José Martínez | November 21, 2019

A Tale of Two Sex Worker
Heist Stories

By Aya de Leon | November 21, 2019

Film Noir Perfectly Captures the Mass Torment and Paranoia of the Mid-Twentieth Century

By Troy Rondinone | November 20, 2019

<em>Psycho</em> Invented the Spoiler Alert as We Know It

Psycho Invented the Spoiler Alert as We Know It

A very personal history of trying to prevent spoiling cinema's first great shocking twist (and yes, there are spoilers ahead)

By Jesse Pasternack | November 19, 2019

Tinker, Tailor, Wizard, Spy: The Joys (and Dangers) of Blending Genre Elements

Tinker, Tailor, Wizard, Spy: The Joys (and Dangers) of Blending Genre Elements

“Forget it, Frodo. It’s Mordor.”

By W. L. Goodwater | November 19, 2019

Tarot Cards Contain All the Potential of Literature's Greatest Stories

Tarot Cards Contain All the Potential of Literature's Greatest Stories

And it's always a mystery how things will end.

By Julie Mayhew | November 19, 2019

New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

A major world city produces a major haul of crime fiction.

By Paul French | November 18, 2019

True Crime, Identity Theft, and <br>the Long Shadow of <br>Family Fraud

True Crime, Identity Theft, and
the Long Shadow of
Family Fraud

Where are the identity theft stories in the true crime boom? Axton Betz-Hamilton's new memoir is a powerful start.

By Sarah Rosenthal | November 18, 2019

The Secret Life of Plants as Murder Weapons

The Secret Life of Plants as Murder Weapons

Plants make for great thrillers—it took me, a gardener, years to figure that out.

By Karen Hugg | November 18, 2019

The Strange Cultural Legacy of <em>Charlie's Angels</em>

The Strange Cultural Legacy of Charlie's Angels

The Angels have always existed in the borderlands between feminism and the patriarchy.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 15, 2019

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