• Essays

    The Night Jacqueline Winspear Helped Her Father Steal a Christmas Tree

    A most wholesome crime

    December 23, 2020  By Jacqueline Winspear
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    When "Normal" People Snap: The Unnervingly Universal Potential for Violence

    "As crime and thriller writers, we want to know what separates us from people who snap. We suspect the answer is: Not much."

    December 23, 2020  By Sharon Doering
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    War Pigeons: The Humble Heroes Behind His Majesty's Secret Service

    During both world wars, homing pigeons flew hundreds of miles through enemy fire to deliver messages and save lives.

    December 22, 2020  By Stephanie Graves
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    On the Lost Christmastime Tradition of Telling
    Ghost Stories

    A Christmas Carol is the main vestige of this pastime, but it was once one of the most hallowed ways to celebrate the winter season

    December 21, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Something for Everyone: The Swinging Seventies' Gayest Murder Mystery

    It's time to take a new look at an under-appreciated cult classic of queer cinema.

    December 21, 2020  By Curtis Evans
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    Cape Town: South Africa’s New Hub of Urban Cool … and Crime Fiction

    Crime and the City visits Cape Town, a city of contrasts with a turbulent history.

    December 21, 2020  By Paul French
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    Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy and The Greatest Office Christmas Party Ever Filmed

    It's just like your old office holiday parties except everyone's a spy, everyone's cheating, and a new world order is at stake.

    December 18, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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    The John Jovino Gun Shop: The Closing of a Noir Landmark in Downtown New York

    Patrolmen took target practice in the basement. Weegee snapped portraits from the fire escape. This spring, in the early days of the pandemic, the shop closed its doors for the last time.

    December 18, 2020  By Michael Cannell
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    Thirty Years Later, Home Alone Has a Lot to Say About Adulthood

    And it construes adulthood as having the right to do what it takes to defend your property.
    ("Keep the change, you filthy animal.")

    December 17, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Walter Mosley on Devil in a Blue Dress, Thirty Years Later

    "He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

    December 17, 2020  By Walter Mosley
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