• Essays

    Genre Labels: What Makes a Book More Thriller Than Sci-Fi?

    An author examines the borderlands of two closely related genres.

    May 11, 2020  By S. L. Huang
    0

    A Police Officer's Guide to Common, Avoidable Errors in Crime Fiction

    Don't reach for the safety, authors. That's a revolver in your hand.

    May 8, 2020  By Chris Berg and Paul James Smith
    0

    My First Thriller:
    Michael Connelly

    How the creator of Harry Bosch discovered Chandler, forged a career, overcame rejection, and got his first book published.

    May 7, 2020  By Rick Pullen
    0

    Hollywood’s Women in Criminal Justice: Sometimes Fact, Sometimes Fiction

    Finding a version of the truth in a roster of fictional women lawyers.

    May 7, 2020  By Karen Stefano
    0

    A Strange, Existentially Chilling Pilgrimage to Kurt Wallander's Hometown, Ystad

    Journeys in Scandinavian Noir

    May 6, 2020  By Wendy Lesser
    0

    That Time Wallace Stevens Punched Ernest Hemingway in the Face

    Things did not end well for him.

    May 6, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
    0

    Reading Gillian Flynn's Women, I Found a Dark, Complex Truth—and My New Sanctuary

    Forget purity and likability. Reality is far more complex.

    May 6, 2020  By Casey Dunn
    0

    Cosmic Horror: The Worst Possible Discoveries a Detective Could Make

    In Lovecraft and his many imitators, we find the answers to the deepest of life's mysteries...

    May 6, 2020  By Scott Kenemore
    0

    Shooting the Front Page Photo in the 1930s

    How Press Photographers Created The Visual Definition of Noir

    May 5, 2020  By Amanda Quick
    0

    How Having Kids Can Change Your Life—And Your Horror Fiction

    On family, fear, and evolving reading and writing habits.

    May 4, 2020  By Ramsey Campbell
    0


    Page 246 of 331