• Essays

    On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

    In writing a crime novel, I took inspiration from my activist forbears and their epic confrontations with the robber barons of timber.

    March 16, 2020  By Melissa Anne Peterson
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    Away With the Fairies

    How an old family legend and the story of a haunted cottage taught me a healthy respect for the supernatural.

    March 16, 2020  By Carlene O'Connor
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    The Fantastical World of Crime Scene Investigation

    How our national obsession with crime stories is distorting the judicial system

    March 13, 2020  By Victor Methos
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    America’s First Crime Novel Was Rural Noir—We Should Still Be Reading It

    Reconsidering Charles Brockden Brown’s 1798 novel, Edgar Huntly, or Memoirs of a Sleepwalker

    March 12, 2020  By Chris McGinley
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    Royal Scandals Through The Centuries

    Brawls, disappearances, executions, affairs and more affairs.

    March 12, 2020  By Deanna Raybourn
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    Spenser: Confidential Isn’t Your Father’s Spenser. Hell, It Isn’t Even Robert B. Parker’s Spenser.

    A new look and a new era for Boston's legendary private eye.

    March 12, 2020  By Keith Roysdon
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    The Evolution of the "Mildly Autistic Super-Detective"

    A trope finds its way toward authenticity.

    March 11, 2020  By Zack Budryk
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    Dr. Lise Meitner: The Mystery of the Disappearing Physicist

    She split the atom and fled the Nazis. History tried to erase her.

    March 11, 2020  By Jan Eliasberg
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    Adventures in Historical Fiction: History is Everywhere (And Full of Surprises)

    You could just look up the details you need to know, but historical fiction is much more fun when you let history take you by surprise.

    March 11, 2020  By John Lawton
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    The Poison Pen Letter: The Early 20th Century's Strangest Crime Wave

    Across America and Europe, people couldn't stop writing nasty letters. Soon the courts were overwhelmed with epistolary assaults.

    March 10, 2020  By Curtis Evans
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