• Essays

    A Former Shut-In's Lessons For the Pandemic Lockdown

    Working remotely sank me into a deep depression—and climbing out taught me how to stay afloat in a new era of isolation.

    August 27, 2020  By Rose McClelland
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    Memories of a Coroner's Daughter

    How Growing Up With The Dead Made Me Into A Crime Writer

    August 27, 2020  By Jennifer Graeser Dornbush
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    Surveillance Cameras Are Everywhere. And They're Only Going to Get More Ubiquitous.

    A crime writer's thoughts on our increasingly watched world.

    August 26, 2020  By Laura Griffin
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    The Greatest Crime Film of All-Time: The Third Man

    Graham Greene's postwar Vienna crime opus takes center stage.

    August 24, 2020  By Otto Penzler
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    Learning to Write
    From My Mother

    Some writers are self-taught. Some go to school. And some learn from family what it means to craft a story.

    August 24, 2020  By Peter Abrahams
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    Why Motherhood Is a Fertile Subject For Crime Fiction

    Psychological thrillers allow writers to explore the ambiguities and dark realities of parenting.

    August 21, 2020  By Sarah Vaughan
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    Why Are We So Fascinated by Houses in Literature?

    On the profoundly disturbing notion that home is not safe, and we are prisoners within our own walls.

    August 21, 2020  By Kate Riordan
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    The Sordid World of
    1970s Hotels

    Mosquitoes in the bedroom, outlets in the light socket, and a dead body in the pool...

    August 21, 2020  By Hannah Dennison
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    Jack Reacher and The Grand Unified Theory of Thrillers

    Malcolm Gladwell dives into the world of Lee Child and his legendary wandering warrior.

    August 20, 2020  By Malcolm Gladwell
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    Music History, Noir, and the Plot Against Hip Hop

    Author, filmmaker, and music journalist Nelson George on the book-within-a-book that appears in all his novels.

    August 20, 2020  By Nelson George
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