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That Time Arthur Conan Doyle Tried to Stump Harry Houdini with a Stop-Motion Dinosaur Film Clip

That Time Arthur Conan Doyle Tried to Stump Harry Houdini with a Stop-Motion Dinosaur Film Clip

It was the culmination in their longstanding feud about the existence of a psychic, occult world

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 26, 2024

We Need More Crime Fiction By Defense Attorneys

We Need More Crime Fiction By Defense Attorneys

"[W]hat defenders do is slow, patient, grinding, and infected with uncertainty. We don’t have the whole story, and we never will."

By Joshua Perry | July 25, 2024

Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

"[M]etafiction is a great tool for encouraging readers to question everything."

By Lisa Kusel | July 24, 2024

Peng Shepherd On Writing A Choose-You-Own-Adventure Speculative Mystery

Peng Shepherd On Writing A Choose-You-Own-Adventure Speculative Mystery

"[W]hat if you actually could go back and fix your past mistakes? How would that change your life?"

By Peng Shepherd | July 23, 2024

Ace Atkins On Writing A Crime Novel Steeped in the Blues

Ace Atkins On Writing A Crime Novel Steeped in the Blues

"All that time listening to Vocalion records and reading ragged old Dell paperbacks would finally pay off."

By Ace Atkins | July 23, 2024

Unmasking the ’Ndrangheta,<br> the Most Powerful Crime Syndicate You’ve Never Heard Of

Unmasking the ’Ndrangheta,
the Most Powerful Crime Syndicate You’ve Never Heard Of

Juliet Grames on the insidious spread of an organized crime force.

By Juliet Grames | July 23, 2024

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Unravelling the Mystery of Agatha Christie’s Country Retreat

By Dean Jobb | July 22, 2024

Is History Only For Historical Novels?

By Connie Berry | July 22, 2024

Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

By Sarah Easter Collins | July 19, 2024

The Critic Did It: Howard Spring Takes on The Detection Club

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

By Curtis Evans | July 19, 2024

Sarah Pearse On Crafting Atmospheric Suspense

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"

By Sarah Pearse | July 18, 2024

Sepia Model Murder, 1969: The Slaying of Bani Yelverton

Sepia Model Murder, 1969: The Slaying of Bani Yelverton

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

By Michael Gonzales | July 17, 2024

What Do Real Spies Think of James Bond?

What Do Real Spies Think of James Bond?

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

By Alma Katsu | July 16, 2024

How Gore Vidal's 1968 Blockbuster Novel About a Trans Woman Took Aim at the Patriarchy

How Gore Vidal's 1968 Blockbuster Novel About a Trans Woman Took Aim at the Patriarchy

Revisiting 'Myra Breckinridge'

By David Masciotra | July 16, 2024

Chris Whitaker: The Stories of My Life

Chris Whitaker: The Stories of My Life

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

By Chris Whitaker | July 15, 2024

Turin: The Dark and Foggy Crimes of the Po Valley

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.

By Paul French | July 15, 2024

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