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A Modern Mystery Drawn from Irish Mythology

A Modern Mystery Drawn from Irish Mythology

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

By Keith Donohue | September 30, 2024

We Inherit Our Ghosts: On Gothic Fiction and the Need to Remember

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."

By Wen-yi Lee | September 27, 2024

Learning to Love the Dark Side of San Francisco

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."

By Michelle Chouinard | September 27, 2024

A Failed Utopian Settlement and a Lingering Historical Mystery

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?"

By Abbott Kahler | September 26, 2024

Andrew Nette's 10 Favorite Films of Political Violence and Revolution

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.

By Andrew Nette | September 26, 2024

The Many Faces of Nigel Morland, King of the Crime Fiction Fabulists

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.

By Curtis Evans | September 25, 2024

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The Detective's Feast

By Martin Walker | September 24, 2024

Dean Koontz: On Writing Novels That Make Your Publisher Extremely Uneasy

By Dean Koontz | September 24, 2024

Echoes of the Past in Crime Fiction

By Lucy Burdette | September 23, 2024

Nancy Drew Never Had a Sister: The New Cozy Sleuths

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.

By Lisa Q. Mathews | September 20, 2024

Revenge and Capitalism in Popular Media

Revenge and Capitalism in Popular Media

Delilah S. Dawson on finding catharsis in fantasies of vengeance

By Delilah S. Dawson | September 20, 2024

The Magic of Maigret

The Magic of Maigret

A.E. Gauntlett on the investigations of a detective who could go anywhere, even "the deepest and darkest recesses of the human psyche."

By A.E. Gauntlett | September 19, 2024

A Tale of Two Cities: Taking My Fictional Detective From Minneapolis to LA

A Tale of Two Cities: Taking My Fictional Detective From Minneapolis to LA

PJ Tracy shakes up her series with some changes in setting

By P.J. Tracy | September 19, 2024

Highway to Hell: <br>The Comedy and Chaos of the Family Vacation

Highway to Hell:
The Comedy and Chaos of the Family Vacation

Seedy motels. Truck stop bathrooms. Cracker Barrel.

By Maureen Kilmer | September 19, 2024

Storm Warning: A Surprisingly Frank Noir Indictment of the Ku Klux Klan, Starring Ronald Reagan

Storm Warning: A Surprisingly Frank Noir Indictment of the Ku Klux Klan, Starring Ronald Reagan

A mostly forgotten 1951 film looked at terrorism in small-town America.

By Keith Roysdon | September 18, 2024

Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

Nightmare vehicles, frightening jewelry, and a dead man's suit

By Lamar Giles | September 17, 2024

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