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How Superstition Becomes Something More Dangerous

How Superstition Becomes Something More Dangerous

Sam Ripley explores the darker side of a little harmless superstition

By Sam Ripley | August 28, 2024

On the Trail of <em>The Five Red Herrings</em>, A Sayers Novel That Stands Apart

On the Trail of The Five Red Herrings, A Sayers Novel That Stands Apart

Martin Edwards shines a spotlight on a long-neglected but essential text from Dorothy L. Sayers

By Martin Edwards | August 27, 2024

Forgive, but Don't Forget: On Redemption in Crime Fiction

Forgive, but Don't Forget: On Redemption in Crime Fiction

"Forgiveness is not about forgetting; it is about understanding."

By Adam Mitzner | August 27, 2024

Love Kills the Demon: 30 Years of Natural Born Killers

Love Kills the Demon: 30 Years of Natural Born Killers

Looking back at the controversial reception and tangled legacy of the blood-soaked 1994 film.

By Martyn Conterio | August 26, 2024

Philadelphia: Plenty of Crime Fiction, Not So Much Brotherly Love

Philadelphia: Plenty of Crime Fiction, Not So Much Brotherly Love

Crime and the City visits Philadelphia.

By Paul French | August 26, 2024

An Ode to Charles Willeford

An Ode to Charles Willeford

First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of American crime fiction fans.

By Michael Ledwidge | August 23, 2024

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By Elisabeth Eaves | August 22, 2024

Ludicrous But Memorable: Agatha Christie’s The Big Four

By Curtis Evans | August 22, 2024

On Choice, Chance, and Circumstance in Crime Fiction

By James Wade | August 21, 2024

Where does Fiction Meet the Real World?

Where does Fiction Meet the Real World?

"All fiction is speculative....But somewhere there is a line between reality and fiction, a gap filled with imagination rather than truth"

By Bridget Collins | August 21, 2024

This Isn’t The End: What To Do When Your Publisher Dies

This Isn’t The End: What To Do When Your Publisher Dies

It's an author's nightmare, but you're not alone. James Queally talks with writers who have been through a publisher's demise.

By James Queally | August 20, 2024

The Irresistible Pull of an Anonymous Note—Why the Most Frightening Possibility Is All of Them

The Irresistible Pull of an Anonymous Note—Why the Most Frightening Possibility Is All of Them

Elizabeth Staple on dread, and what it does to us.

By Elizabeth Staple | August 19, 2024

Murder in <em>Middlemarch</em>

Murder in Middlemarch

Everyone performs, in George Eliot's famous novel. But some are performing to cover up a killing!

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 16, 2024

Meet Thomas Byrnes, Gilded Age New York's Performative, Corrupt Police Detective

Meet Thomas Byrnes, Gilded Age New York's Performative, Corrupt Police Detective

He staged elaborate scenes to extract confessions, presented prisoners to police in a "parade," and invented the "Rogues' Gallery"

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 15, 2024

Oh Mother! Mothers in Horror and the Horror They Represent

Oh Mother! Mothers in Horror and the Horror They Represent

Leslie J. Anderson considers the literature of scary kids, scarier mothers, and the terrifying project of raising a child

By Leslie J. Anderson | August 14, 2024

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

"The internet is now ubiquitous in our lives, so why does it appear so rarely in popular literature?"

By Stephen Harrison | August 14, 2024

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