• Essays

    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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    James Ellroy, David Milch and a Dark, Twisted Vision of History

    Two Noir Icons Explore Atrocity and Redemption in America

    June 4, 2019  By Zach Vasquez
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    The Many Mysteries of Oxford

    A University Town Inspires a Booming Crime Fiction Scene

    June 3, 2019  By Paul French
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    Wild Bill, We Hardly Knew Ye

    On Deadwood's real-life origins, legendary figures, and why Wild Bill Hickok had to die so that the town could live.

    May 31, 2019  By Nathan Ward
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