• Essays

    Golden Age Detectives in Love

    Celebrating the love lives of Lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, Roderick Alleyn, Albert Campion, and more.

    March 20, 2025  By Rosanne Limoncelli
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    Science Fiction, Locked Room Mysteries, and the Joy of Literary Games

    Olivia Waite on rewriting the rules of the universe and solving a mystery in space

    March 19, 2025  By Olivia Waite
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    Writing a Character Through a Psychotic Breakdown

    Nicci French on the delicate task of an extreme psychological event.

    March 19, 2025  By Nicci French
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    Mining Gig Work for the Plot

    Hannah Deitch recalls her days as the SAT tutor and how she turned that role into a crime novel.

    March 18, 2025  By Hannah Deitch
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    Sherlock Holmes in the World

    R.P. O'Donnell on Victorian era London and the strange circumstances that demanded a character like Sherlock Holmes.

    March 17, 2025  By R.P. O'Donnell
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    Criminals Don’t Take Holidays, Or, A Crime Writer's Take on St. Patrick's Day

    "Whatever the reason, crime and holidays often go together."

    March 17, 2025  By Norman Birnbach and Tilia Klebenov Jacobs
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    Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

    "When an author draws upon real science—rather than “in a galaxy far, far away—where does the known world end and the imagined one begin?"

    March 14, 2025  By Michael Nayak
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    Jacqueline Faber: Rewriting Kitty Genovese on the 61st Anniversary of Her Murder

    Kitty Genovese's death was framed as the cost of urban callousness. But the true story is far more complicated—and contains far more humanity.

    March 13, 2025  By Jacqueline Faber
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    How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

    The author of 'Creep' reflects on her journey.

    March 13, 2025  By Emma van Straaten
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    How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

    On "the procedural as its own separate space in mystery storytelling."

    March 13, 2025  By Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare
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