• Essays

    The Bluestocking Lawyer vs.
    The Bootleg King

    How Assistant District Attorney Mabel Walker Willebrandt took down George Remus, the Bootleg King of Bourbon.

    August 9, 2019  By Karen Abbott
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    Searching for Sharon Tate

    On the Dangerous Moral Ground of Celebrity Obsession

    August 9, 2019  By Gary Lippman
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    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is Essentially the Same Film as Bad Times at the El Royale

    But Bad Times at the El Royale is better, and here's why.

    August 9, 2019  By Molly Odintz
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    In Rural Noir, I Found Myself

    Pop culture didn't have stories about people like me—until I discovered the growing genre of rural noir.

    August 8, 2019  By Laura McHugh
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    Tourism in Mansonland

    Bus tours offer a chance to (literally) revisit the end of the 60s. They also offer perspectives you can't find in true crime literature.

    August 8, 2019  By Halley Sutton
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    Searching for Crime Fiction in Mumbai's Beloved English-Language Bookstore

    Bookstore Dispatch: Kitab Khana, Mumbai

    August 8, 2019  By Radha Vatsal
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    The Rise and Fall and Restoration of Anna Katharine Green’s 'The Leavenworth Case'

    Centuries pass and everyone has an opinion about the landmark novel that was once one of the world's most widely read books.

    August 7, 2019  By Curtis Evans
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    Fake Paintings, Forged Van Goghs, and Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places

    "Why do people fake paintings? Is the motivation profit, vanity, revenge?"

    August 7, 2019  By Clare Clark
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    Why Write Medieval Mysteries?

    The Middle Ages in Europe were full of surprises. Writing crime fiction can help uncover the complexities of a long-ago era.

    August 7, 2019  By Priscilla Royal
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    How North by Northwest Changed Cinema Forever

    A much-abused gray suit + Cold War shenanigans = a template for decades of midcentury action fare.

    August 6, 2019  By Derek Milman
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