• Essays

    Mick Herron on the Art of the Misfit Spy Thriller

    Talking Dark Humor, Voracious Reading and Castoff Spies

    June 10, 2019  By Daneet Steffens
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    The Federal Government's
    War On Margarine

    Big Butter smear campaigns, margarine criminals, and the long history of pseudo-dairy discrimination.

    June 10, 2019  By Mike Chase
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    Tony Hillerman: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    On the Richly Sensory Mystery Novels of the Navajo Tribal Police

    June 7, 2019  By Neil Nyren
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    Learning to Love the Unreliable Narrator

    Reliable narrators are a myth—it's time we do away with them.

    June 7, 2019  By Jean Kwok
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    Agatha Christie and the Case of the Unwieldy Adaptation

    Christie knew when to stop writing a detective novel. Today's flashy adaptations over-embellish the source material.

    June 6, 2019  By Radha Vatsal
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    Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne: Sisters and Spies

    How did some of the most highly decorated spies of World War II end up spending decades in quiet obscurity?

    June 6, 2019  By Jennifer Ryan
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    The Last Painting of Mary Pinchot Meyer

    JFK’s Murdered Ex-Lover Was Also A Rising Washington Artist

    June 5, 2019  By Maria Hummel
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    The History of Queer True Crime and the Legacy of Tom Ripley

    Queerness in crime fiction, and the long history of real crimes against gay men

    June 5, 2019  By James Polchin
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    Why Women Are Spearheading the True Crime Renaissance

    On My Favorite Murder, True Crime Memoirs, and Bearing Witness

    June 5, 2019  By Scarlett Harris
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    Psychological Thrillers Demand Complex Villains

    On Finding Ambiguity in Characters and Figures We Disdain

    June 5, 2019  By Nathan Ripley
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