• Essays

    The Hidden History of Queer 18th Century London

    On the Georgian Era's 'Molly houses', meant to be safe spaces for gay men, but often enough a target for raids and blackmail

    January 9, 2025  By A.J. West
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    Alafair Burke: How Social Media Helped Me Be the Real Me

    "I was still the same person, and yet, at almost forty years old, I felt for the first time like I had finally found my personality."

    January 8, 2025  By Alafair Burke
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    Why We Tell The Same Stories Over and Over Again (And Get Something Different Each Time)

    On interpretation, familiarity, and the rich potential waiting in the wings.

    January 7, 2025  By Isa Arsén
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    Thrillers in the Time of Smartphones

    "Why does it make a plot feel realistic when our favorite conveniences work against us?"

    January 7, 2025  By Daniel Kenitz
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    Crime and the City: Botswana

    Searching for mysteries in Gaborone and the surrounding country.

    January 6, 2025  By Paul French
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    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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