• Essays

    An Enduring Passion for a 1970s Crime Series, and The Thrill of Discovering a Lost Novel

    Lee Goldberg on his quest to revive Ralph Dennis's Hardman series.

    February 3, 2020  By Lee Goldberg
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    On the Crime Beat in Little Rock, Arkansas

    "My new daily schedule was this: Wake up. Go to the office. Call the coroner to see if anyone had been murdered overnight..."

    January 31, 2020  By Van Jensen
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    Agatha Christie's Greatest Mystery Was Left Unsolved

    In December of 1926, Agatha Christie vanished after an argument with her husband, only to resurface 11 days later. A crime writer explores why we're still so fascinated with her disappearance.

    January 30, 2020  By Kate Weinberg
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    Carl Hiaasen: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Discover the wild, corrupt, uproarious world of Hiaasen's Florida.

    January 30, 2020  By Neil Nyren
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    The Strange Rural Noir of Wilma Dykeman’s The Tall Woman

    Rediscovering A Lost Classic of Mid-Century Literature

    January 29, 2020  By Chris McGinley
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    How to Travel Like a Crime Novelist

    It's all research, especially when you ask about the escape routes.

    January 29, 2020  By Jeff Gunhus
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    What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History

    An unedited shot can create incredible tension and excitement—it works for novelists, too.

    January 28, 2020  By Nicci French
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    Who is Rodney Reed? A Primer on this Texas Death Row Case

    A brief introduction to the principal figures of a complex case earning comparisons to To Kill A Mockingbird

    January 28, 2020  By Nile Cappello
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    The Elusive Crime Novels of Prague

    Crime and the City visits the land of Kafka and asks why more Czech mysteries aren't translated into English.

    January 27, 2020  By Paul French
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    Me and the G-Man

    A crime writer's research sparks an unlikely
    friendship with an FBI agent

    January 27, 2020  By Nina Sadowsky
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