• Essays

    Lecter’s Fangs: Why the Ending of ‘Hannibal’ is a Secret Masterpiece

    Readers waited years for the follow-up to 'The Silence of the Lambs'—what exactly did they get?

    February 8, 2021  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Future of Police Procedurals

    What is the responsibility—and the path forward—for authors writing crime fiction about police?

    February 5, 2021  By Michael Kaufman
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    Zoë Lund and the Dialectical Method of Bad Lieutenant

    Lund's legacy as a writer is overshadowed by the heroin, her looks, and her collaborators. But a closer study of her writing methods reveals genius at work.

    February 4, 2021  By Chris McGinley
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    The Depths of Stephen King’s Misery

    Misery doesn't play with the supernatural, but it may just be King's best, most profound, and most spiritual story.

    February 4, 2021  By Michael Ledwidge
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    The Killer Outside Me: Living Life In Close Proximity To A Bizarre Series of Accidents, Murders, and Tragedies

    Serial killers stalked the streets, neighbors snapped and did terrible things, and strangers dumped evidence of their crimes nearby. But overall, it's been an ordinary life.

    February 3, 2021  By Tod Goldberg
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    Orson Welles, Lucille Ball, and The Greatest Thriller That Never Was

    It was supposed to be one of the great confluences of talent in Hollywood history. So what happened to The Smiler with the Knife?

    February 3, 2021  By Vince Keenan
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    In Psychological Thrillers, The Abyss Stares Back

    How psychological thrillers allow us a glimpse into the unexplored universes of the mind.

    February 3, 2021  By Sebastian Fitzek
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    Jonathan Kellerman Wants to Know Why Crime Fiction Has Such a Hard Time with Mental Health Professionals

    Forty years later, many of the shrink clichés persist. The creator of the Alex Delaware series asks, why?

    February 2, 2021  By Jonathan Kellerman
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    Now, More Than Ever, Is the Time for 'Escapist Fiction'

    The need for escape over the past year has blurred the lines of an already hazy demarcation between literature and genre fiction.

    February 1, 2021  By V. M. Burns
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    The Delicate Art of the English Tea Set: A Historical Mystery Writer's Appreciation

    How an antique porcelain collection inspired a new love for a cultural touchstone.

    February 1, 2021  By Alyssa Maxwell
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