• Essays

    Silence, Suffering, and Abuse in Affluent Communities

    Domestic violence is underreported among the wealthy. But that doesn't mean abuse isn't still happening behind closed doors.

    July 9, 2019  By Cate Holahan
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #48

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

    July 9, 2019  By Otto Penzler
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    It's Time for Urban Fiction to Get Some Literary Respect

    Other genres have gone mainstream. Why does the publishing world offer up the same old excuses about urban fiction?

    July 8, 2019  By Aya de Leon
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    The Wicked Women of 19th Century Fiction

    On the archetypes of female villainy, from “Women on-the-Make” to “Spiteful Shrews and Harridans.”

    July 8, 2019  By Laura L. Sullivan
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    The Greatest Moral Compromises in Crime Fiction

    Celebrating the literature of slippery relationships, villainous allies, and morally dubious life decisions.

    July 8, 2019  By Carl Vonderau
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    The Most Terrifying Buildings in Literature

    Forget haunted houses—apartments and hotels can be creepy, too.

    July 3, 2019  By Riley Sager
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    Gritty Old New York Movies: My Home Bittersweet Home

    The streets were dirty, crime was up, and the culture was alive.

    July 2, 2019  By David Gordon
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    Bollywood Noir

    As India's mainstream politicians become more right-wing, its entertainment industry finds answers in noir.

    July 1, 2019  By Akanksha Singh
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    Crime and the City: Dubai

    Raffish port city of the Middle East or playground of a global elite?

    July 1, 2019  By Paul French
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    On 'The Girls' in the Title

    The trend is more than marketing hype—it's a signifier for the complex female protagonists so central to crime fiction.

    July 1, 2019  By Nina Laurin
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