• Essays

    Pain Is Universal—That's What Binds All of Crime Fiction Together

    From traditional mysteries to hardboiled noirs to psychological thrillers, there's a thread of pain through the books we love.

    July 21, 2020  By S. A. Cosby
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    A Cold War Hot Spot, A Neighborhood Crime, and the Meaning of Home

    Growing up in the Fulda Gap was tense enough. Then the murder of a child in my small town took away my last illusions of shelter.

    July 21, 2020  By Alexandra Burt
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    How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

    A Trip to the Mountains and a Story of Survival

    July 21, 2020  By Jen Waite
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    Lagos: Africa's Capital of Noir

    Crime and the City visits the sprawling, dynamic center of Nigeria's booming literary scene.

    July 20, 2020  By Paul French
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    A Legendary Chicago Hotel and the Gilded Age Murder Trial That Embroiled a City

    In 1882, in Chicago's most opulent hotel, a woman shot a man dead. Her defense would start a citywide debate about morality.

    July 20, 2020  By Dean Jobb
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    The World Through Bonnie Parker's Eyes

    On the trail of the Parker Gang, camera in hand...

    July 17, 2020  By Christina Schwarz
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    A New York State of Mind: The Unexpected Bonding Powers of Billy Joel's Melancholy Noir

    Michael Gonzales finds a lifeline to a city, a soundtrack for grief, and a way of remembering his father.

    July 17, 2020  By Michael Gonzales
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    The Coen Brothers' Enduring Ties to Crime Literature

    From Macbeth to Lebowski and Back Again

    July 17, 2020  By Zach Vasquez
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    How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

    In the 1960s, TV executives came up with a novel way of delivering Americans their mysteries—the "wheel"

    July 16, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    My Upstairs Downstairs Childhood

    I didn't think anything was different between me and the girl upstairs. Then, I learned how to read.

    July 16, 2020  By Lee Conell
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