• Essays

    Rediscovering the Golden Age Detective Novels of Dostoevsky Translator David Magarshack

    Martin Edwards investigates the influence of the great Russian novelist on Magarshack's work, and the world of British mystery

    January 22, 2025  By Martin Edwards
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    Why These Crimes Against Women in 1950s London Captured a Novelist's Imagination

    S.J. Bennett on the crimes that resonated across decades.

    January 22, 2025  By S.J. Bennett
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    Journalism’s Secret Order of the Occult Hand

    Keith Roysdon on a mysterious practice dating back centuries – or at least to 1965.

    January 22, 2025  By Keith Roysdon
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    Crime Fiction Has a Dead Girl Problem

    "we are not props, not catalysts, not collateral damage. We are the point. We are the heroes. We are the center of our stories."

    January 22, 2025  By Gigi Griffis
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    The Mafia and Its Food: A Brief History of a Passionate Relationship

    Michael Cannell on the mafia's favorite pastime.

    January 17, 2025  By Michael Cannell
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    Laura Buchwald On The Rules of the Spirit World

    When writing about the dead, it's best to follow certain "standards by which the no-longer-living operate."

    January 17, 2025  By Laura Buchwald
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    The Russian Roots of American Crime Fiction—and the O.G.

    Joseph Finder on Gogol, Dostoyevsky, and the legacy of transgressive fiction.

    January 16, 2025  By Joseph Finder
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    Rumble in the Urban Jungle: On the Street Gangs of Old NYC

    Michael Gonzales on the legacy of New York City's street gangs and the culture they inspired.

    January 16, 2025  By Michael Gonzales
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    6 Tips For Pulling Off a Really Good Plot Twist

    Jessie Garcia on the art of distortion and misdirection.

    January 15, 2025  By Jessie Garcia
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    The Subversive Appeal of the Female Stalker Novel

    In real life, we behave. In fiction, we indulge...

    January 15, 2025  By Megan Collins
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