• Essays

    The Sequelae: A Mother's Trauma and the Discovery of a Forgotten Magdalen Refuge in Manhattan

    Carol Goodman found inspiration in her mother's New York story.

    July 5, 2021  By Carol Goodman
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    I Once Interviewed A Murderer Before He Was Caught. He Seemed Perfectly Normal.

    A reporter-turned-crime writer thinks back on an unsettling encounter with a killer.

    July 5, 2021  By Jackie Kabler
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    The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

    In 1936, Erle Stanley Gardner was thinking of killing off his most famous character. Instead, he created a new kind of lawyer.

    July 2, 2021  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    Adam Diment Was a Swinging 60s Icon and the Prince of British Spy Fiction—Until He Disappeared

    Diment's sexed up spy novels were all the rage in 60s London. Then one day, he was gone.

    July 2, 2021  By Luke Poling
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    A Quiet Hero: Why George Smiley Is and Always Has Been the Protagonist We Need

    "...a play in which the hero kept silent and everyone round him spoke incessantly"

    July 1, 2021  By Neil Sharpson
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    What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

    On The New Golden Age of Suburban Noir

    July 1, 2021  By Aggie Blum Thompson
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    Cadaver Dogs: A Nose for Murder

    Sure, they're not as glamorous as a search and rescue pup or a Covid-sniffing Labrador, but cadaver dogs get the job done.

    July 1, 2021  By Jeffrey B. Burton
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    American Dreamers: On Frank Lucas, Jay-Z and a New York City Crime Epic

    Talking with Jay-Z about growing up in New York, the gangster dream, and finding inspiration from a bygone era.

    June 30, 2021  By Michael Gonzales
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    Stop Using Public Housing For Your Misery Porn

    Housing projects are places of struggle, but also optimism; they are full of human lives, and alive with human stories.

    June 30, 2021  By Gabriel Krauze
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    The PI of Color: When It’s About More Than the Crime

    "I had to acknowledge that diverse characters, in whatever genre, straddle a fence. One side of the fence represents who they are, the other represents how society sees and accepts them."

    June 29, 2021  By Tracy Clark
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