• Essays

    Reacher, Prospero, and Child

    The links connecting two writers—William Shakespeare and Lee Child—run deeper than you might think.

    December 16, 2020  By Heather Martin
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    The Lost Art of the "Cast of Characters" Lists That Opened Midcentury Mystery Novels

    Wordplay, witty insults, and the occasionally lurid remark rounded out a popular feature of paperback crime novels.

    December 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    Some Misconceptions About Sexism in Thrillers

    An author and her reader debate the history and shifting interpretations of feminism as seen in thrillers.

    December 15, 2020  By Courtney Evan Tate
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    How Many of the Greatest Crime Books of All-Time Have You Read? (Wait, Which Books?)

    Spelunking the must-read lists for crime, and checking them twice

    December 15, 2020  By Gray Basnight
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    The Girl Detective Disappears: On Searching for Nancy Drew, and Finding Myself

    Nancy Drew has always been a liminal figure, caught between girl and woman, masculine and feminine, traditional and modern...

    December 14, 2020  By Bethany Kaylor
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    On the Incredible, Gruesome Legacy of Paris's Grand Guignol Theater

    Exaggerated spectacles of violence and gore played to fainting audiences night after night, for six decades

    December 14, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Thirty Years Later, Is Goodfellas The Greatest Mob Movie Ever Made?

    A demented, predatory nihilism runs through Martin Scorsese's 1990 mob classic, and audiences are still cheering for it. Why?

    December 11, 2020  By Andy McCarthy
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    Famed mystery writer G.K. Chesterton proudly, sincerely believed in Santa Claus

    And he hoped children would genuinely believe in him, too.

    December 11, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Politically Engaged, Wildly Entertaining Novels of Paco Ignacio Taibo II

    He's one of the world's most popular crime writers. And his critiques of systemic corruption are as incisive as ever.

    December 11, 2020  By Gabino Iglesias
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    The Good Thief: The Best Heist Movie You’ve (Probably) Never Seen

    It's the South of France and Nick Nolte is broke and hooked on heroin, but somehow this is the uplifting noir we need this year.

    December 10, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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