• Essays

    Is History Only For Historical Novels?

    Five ways to use the past in contemporary crime fiction.

    July 22, 2024  By Connie Berry
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    Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

    "Memory and perception are slippery things, and become all the more so when filtered back through the limitations of language."

    July 19, 2024  By Sarah Easter Collins
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    The Critic Did It: Howard Spring Takes on The Detection Club

    When he included spoilers in one of his columns, Spring earned the enmity of an entire generation of crime novelists

    July 19, 2024  By Curtis Evans
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    Sarah Pearse On Crafting Atmospheric Suspense

    "To effectively evoke an intense sense of atmosphere, I need to have spent a lot of time in the setting myself"

    July 18, 2024  By Sarah Pearse
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    Sepia Model Murder, 1969: The Slaying of Bani Yelverton

    Michael Gonzales on the unsolved murder of a trailblazing model and New York City fixture.

    July 17, 2024  By Michael Gonzales
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    What Do Real Spies Think of James Bond?

    "[W]hat you see on the screen is often the antithesis of good intelligence work"

    July 16, 2024  By Alma Katsu
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    How Gore Vidal's 1968 Blockbuster Novel About a Trans Woman Took Aim at the Patriarchy

    Revisiting 'Myra Breckinridge'

    July 16, 2024  By David Masciotra
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    Chris Whitaker: The Stories of My Life

    The bestselling author reflects on the books that defined his writing journey.

    July 15, 2024  By Chris Whitaker
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    Turin: The Dark and Foggy Crimes of the Po Valley

    Crime and the City visits the capital of Piedmont and surveys the city's many crime books.

    July 15, 2024  By Paul French
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    A Long-Forgotten Mystery By a Much-Celebrated Vaudeville Performer

    Billie Houston earned renown in the 1920s and 30s as a male impersonator and part of a sister act. She also wrote a crime novel.

    July 15, 2024  By Martin Edwards
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