Crime Reads » Essays

J. Lincoln Fenn on What Draws Writers to Islands

J. Lincoln Fenn on What Draws Writers to Islands

"[N]othing that I saw or experienced was unusual to someone who grew up there. I was the interloper looking in."

By J. Lincoln Fenn | October 29, 2024

Nilanjana Roy On Reporting on Gender In India

Nilanjana Roy On Reporting on Gender In India

When Indian women sought independence inside and outside the home in the aughts, a wave of patriarchal violence followed

By Nilanjana Roy | October 28, 2024

Terrifying Literary Horror Set In Beautiful, Familiar Places

Terrifying Literary Horror Set In Beautiful, Familiar Places

"No space is safe from ghosts, murders, secrets, injustice, corruption, and other hauntings."

By Yvonne Battle-Felton | October 25, 2024

It Takes a Village (To Solve a Murder)

It Takes a Village (To Solve a Murder)

Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson on archetypes, story requirements and people they've met.

By Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson | October 24, 2024

How Writing a Novel Helped One Writer Capture a Changing Dublin

How Writing a Novel Helped One Writer Capture a Changing Dublin

30 years after moving to Ireland, Jenny Wilson O'Rallaghallaigh found new understanding of her adopted nation's dramatic evolution

By Wilson O'Raghallaigh | October 24, 2024

The Place of Murder

The Place of Murder

How setting has come to define great crime fiction – in Scandinavia, Britain, and the desert of the American Southwest.

By Sydney Graves (Kate Christensen) | October 23, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Argh! True Crime Stories of Porch Piracy

By Kate Carlisle | October 23, 2024

In a Bleak Midwestern Noir, an Author Finds Cause for Hope

By A.F. Carter | October 23, 2024

Resurrecting Christopher Marlowe As a Queer Icon

By Hesse Phillips | October 22, 2024

The Birth of Miss Marple—the Perpetual Spinster Detective at the Heart of Agatha Christie's Works

The Birth of Miss Marple—the Perpetual Spinster Detective at the Heart of Agatha Christie's Works

Mark Aldridge on the creation of an iconic character.

By Mark Aldridge | October 22, 2024

Combatting Stereotypes and Writing About the War on Drugs in Crime Fiction

Combatting Stereotypes and Writing About the War on Drugs in Crime Fiction

Stephanie Vasquez on using her novel "as a way to highlight the United States’ role and the politics involved with drug trafficking"

By Stephanie Vasquez | October 22, 2024

The Bible as Crime Story

The Bible as Crime Story

Kenneth Wishnia considers ancient tales as crime fiction

By Kenneth Wishnia | October 21, 2024

How Kevin Costner's Maligned Epic – 'The Postman' – Offered a Glimpse into America's Future

How Kevin Costner's Maligned Epic – 'The Postman' – Offered a Glimpse into America's Future

David Masciotra revisits the 1997 film and finds a message about a divided nation and the rise of fascism.

By David Masciotra | October 18, 2024

Sex, Shame, and XXX Billboards: An Impossibility of Existence in Horror, and America

Sex, Shame, and XXX Billboards: An Impossibility of Existence in Horror, and America

"Repression—religious or otherwise—is the horror. Ignorance is what we should fear."

By C.J. Leede | October 17, 2024

Indian Migration to North America: A Tale Worth Telling

Indian Migration to North America: A Tale Worth Telling

Asha Greyling on the unsung immigrant community that helped build the foundation of America.

By Asha Greyling | October 16, 2024

Giving a French Twist to a Classic American Archetype

Giving a French Twist to a Classic American Archetype

How A British author came to write a French district attorney, or, "juge d'instruction"

By Ian Moore | October 16, 2024

« First ‹ Previous 42 43 44 454647 48 49 50 Next ›Last »

Page 46 of 208