• Essays

    The Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America

    A society under strain turned to wholesale abduction and ransom.

    April 1, 2020  By David Stout
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    Vidocq and the Birth of the Fictional Detective

    The ex-convict turned police detective who inspired generations of authors and helped launch a new genre of literature.

    April 1, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Man Who Can’t Be Beat: Peaky Blinders and the Rise of Fascism

    The Shelby crime family finds a new politics in 1920's Birmingham.

    March 31, 2020  By Torrey Crim
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 23

    Vertigo (1958)

    March 31, 2020  By Otto Penzler
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    After a Husband's Betrayal, Turning to Mystery Novels

    In the wake of a divorce, a writer seeks order, puzzles, and answers.

    March 30, 2020  By Laura Hilgers
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    The Crime Cinema Renaissance of 1990

    30 years later, looking back at an epic year in crime movies.

    March 27, 2020  By Zach Vasquez
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    Seattle: Primed and Ready for Crime Fiction Fame

    Exploring the city's history and character, through crime novels

    March 27, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    The Evolution—and the Future—of the Private Eye

    Cheryl A. Head on the authors and books ushering PI fiction into the 21st century.

    March 26, 2020  By Cheryl A. Head
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    The Girl in the Title of the Crime Novel: The Great Crime Fiction Disambiguation Project

    How did we end up with so many books with "girl" in the title? (Slowly, then all at once.)

    March 26, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    The Artist Who Captured America's Most Dramatic Courtroom Moments—And Was Hounded by the FBI

    The life, work, and strange times of Arnold Mesches

    March 25, 2020  By Alix Lambert
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