• Essays

    Maybe We Read Crime Fiction Because Deep Down, We All Know We're Complicit in Crime

    One author's theory for why we keep returning to crime.

    August 12, 2020  By John Galligan
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    What Drives Obsession in Fiction?

    A Psychologist's Pointers for Exploring Obsession and Infatuation in Crime Fiction

    August 12, 2020  By R. J. Jacobs
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    The World of Robert B. Parker's Spenser and the Birth of the 1970's Private Detective

    The hardboiled protagonist who navigated both crime fiction's progressive and reactionary strands.

    August 11, 2020  By Susanna Lee
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    Fraud of the Century: The Ponzi Scheme, 100 Years Later

    In 1920, Boston’s Charles Ponzi gave a classic confidence trick its name. Why are investors still falling for such a notorious swindle?

    August 11, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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    My Pandemic Master Class with The Silence of the Lambs

    What I learned from re-reading Thomas Harris in lockdown.

    August 11, 2020  By Julia Heaberlin
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    He Made His West London Youth Into a Spy Novel. It Wasn't Such a Stretch After All.

    "I didn’t get to choose which side I could stand on. That was decided for me dependent solely on race and religion."

    August 10, 2020  By Khurrum Rahman
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    The Evolution of Dave Robicheaux and the Incredible Career of James Lee Burke

    For over thirty years, the spiritual Louisiana lawman has been casting a light and chasing demons.

    August 7, 2020  By David Masciotra
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    The Lost Classics of One of the 20th Century's Great Hard-boiled Writers

    Fifty years on, Charles Williams' novels remain almost unbearably gripping.

    August 7, 2020  By Andrew Cartmel
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    You Don't Have to Be Young to Be a Badass Detective

    Nobody suspects a little old lady...

    August 7, 2020  By Jane Badrock
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    My Life in True Crime

    Kim Powers' life has been spent writing about crime. But the suspicions about his own mother's death were kept secret.

    August 6, 2020  By Kim Powers
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