• Essays

    A Modern Mystery Drawn from Irish Mythology

    It begins with a body in a bog—or perhaps goes much further back than that...

    September 30, 2024  By Keith Donohue
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    We Inherit Our Ghosts: On Gothic Fiction and the Need to Remember

    "The gothic as a genre is about the skeletons in the family’s closet."

    September 27, 2024  By Wen-yi Lee
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    Learning to Love the Dark Side of San Francisco

    "[O]nce we’re armed with an understanding of the darker side of human nature we know better how to fight against it."

    September 27, 2024  By Michelle Chouinard
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    A Failed Utopian Settlement and a Lingering Historical Mystery

    "How could I craft a true crime narrative based on conflicting, and sometimes deliberately deceitful, accounts?"

    September 26, 2024  By Abbott Kahler
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    Andrew Nette's 10 Favorite Films of Political Violence and Revolution

    In a new book, writers reflect on the cinema of political engagement and resistance.

    September 26, 2024  By Andrew Nette
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    The Many Faces of Nigel Morland, King of the Crime Fiction Fabulists

    Morland was best known for his mediocre mysteries featuring the mercurial Mrs. Pym. The real story of his life is much stranger.

    September 25, 2024  By Curtis Evans
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    The Detective's Feast

    Martin Walker considers classic crime fiction's epicurean delights

    September 24, 2024  By Martin Walker
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    Dean Koontz: On Writing Novels That Make Your Publisher Extremely Uneasy

    Why the best-selling author has always moved across genres.

    September 24, 2024  By Dean Koontz
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    Echoes of the Past in Crime Fiction

    Lucy Burdette on the complex psychology of some of our favorite crime novel protagonists

    September 23, 2024  By Lucy Burdette
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    Nancy Drew Never Had a Sister: The New Cozy Sleuths

    Lisa Q. Mathews, a longtime Nancy Drew editor and now a debut author, discusses her turbulent relationship with the mysteries.

    September 20, 2024  By Lisa Q. Mathews
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