• Essays

    The Twilight of the Mob Movie

    Can mafia movies survive into a new era? Michael Cannell investigates.

    January 3, 2025  By Michael Cannell
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    Robert Crais: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Neil Nyren on Elvis Cole, Joe Pike, and all the other stories along the way.

    January 3, 2025  By Neil Nyren
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    Fredric Brown: Chronicler of Con Artists, Clowns, and Capitalist Excess

    "Fredric Brown had...a powerful sense of the absurdly capricious cruelty of life"

    December 27, 2024  By Curtis Evans
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    The Christmas Tree King Love Triangle Murder

    In 1950, Harry A. Pozner was the Christmas Tree King of San Diego. He would soon get caught in a bloody mess.

    December 20, 2024  By James T. Bartlett
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    How Misunderstanding Can Drive a Plot in Crime Fiction 

    Alex Kenna on fiction where terrible mistakes are made for morally complex reasons.

    December 20, 2024  By Alex Kenna
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    Rhythm in Storytelling

    D. M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah) on the oral storytelling tradition and the cultivation of suspense.

    December 17, 2024  By D.M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah)
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    M.W. Craven: An Englishman in New York

    How one author learned about the many varieties of getting pissed.

    December 17, 2024  By M. W. Craven
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    The Outsized Impact of Teaching Writing in Prison

    Once a writing instructor in a penitentiary, Jane Corry now serves as a judge for a prison writing contest

    December 17, 2024  By Jane Corry
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    Nashville: Country Music and Murder

    Crime and the City takes a spin through the country music capital in search of crime fiction.

    December 16, 2024  By Paul French
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    Dark Side: The Scary Truth About What People Are Capable Of 

    Lilian West on serial killers and exploring the unimaginable in fiction.

    December 16, 2024  By Lilian West
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