• Essays

    Crime Fiction in San Francisco: From Barbary Coast to Tech Noir

    The City by the Bay has a literary tradition like no other.

    July 19, 2021  By Paul French
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    We Need More Victim-Focused Narratives

    Fiction is the perfect medium for exploring the long shadows of terrible crimes—so why aren't there more stories told by survivors?

    July 19, 2021  By Amanda Kabak
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    The Internet Made Crime Public. That's When Things Got Complicated.

    Amateur sleuths are everywhere online, and sometimes they're altering the course of investigations.

    July 19, 2021  By Rozlan Mohd Noor
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    Carolyn Ferrell on Church, Belonging, and Holding onto Humanity in the Face of Erasure

    In writing a novel about three kidnapped girls, Ferrell found new meaning in the power of community.

    July 16, 2021  By Carolyn Ferrell
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    The Needle and the Damage Done: The Genius of Robert Stone’s Dog Soldiers

    Stone's tale of heroin, smugglers, and moral striving remains one of the most relevant American crime novels ever written.

    July 16, 2021  By Bruce Riordan
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    For One Writer, Rediscovering the Novels of Dick Francis Was the Answer to a Personal Crisis and a Mysterious Illness

    John Fram was at work on his second novel when a strange illness knocked him down. A chance encounter with some wildly popular horse racing mysteries helped get him right. But how?

    July 15, 2021  By John Fram
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    On Writing a Dog Mystery and Finding the Secret to Happiness

    Peter Abrahams has found that writing mysteries from the goodnatured perspective of a pet is the key to life-long optimism.

    July 15, 2021  By Peter Abrahams
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    What’s a Nice Guy Like Me Doing in a Homicidal Place Like This?

    Ruminations on what drives decent, ordinary folks to write about murder and mayhem.

    July 14, 2021  By John David Mann
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    On Haunted Childhoods, 80s Poltergeists, and the Rage of Female Adolescence

    "I feel drawn to these girls’ stories because their suffering is so clear—and because I believe the line between real and fake is fuzzy when it comes to adolescent emotions."

    July 13, 2021  By Emily Arsenault
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    Sweden's Crime Writers and the Case of The Unregistered, Prepaid Cell Phone

    New legislation brings an uncertain future for Scandinavian detective fiction's favorite plotting device.

    July 13, 2021  By Peter Mohlin and Peter Nystrom
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