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When is a Sports Mystery Not a Sports Mystery? When It's Greek Tragedy.

When is a Sports Mystery Not a Sports Mystery? When It's Greek Tragedy.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins on getting the world of athletics right

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins | June 24, 2026

Ride the Rails with These Train-Set Mysteries and Thrillers

Ride the Rails with These Train-Set Mysteries and Thrillers

Next Stop: Danger

By Paul Levine | June 23, 2026

Sean David Robinson on Why Missing Person Thrillers Are Addictive (According to Science)

Sean David Robinson on Why Missing Person Thrillers Are Addictive (According to Science)

An exploration of Edwin Drood, American disappearances, and the neuroscience behind a mystery trope

By Sean David Robinson | June 23, 2026

Sturm und Drang: Allison Brennan on Turning Weather into a Character in Thrillers

Sturm und Drang: Allison Brennan on Turning Weather into a Character in Thrillers

"Stories like this demand respect. Real people live through these storms. Real families don’t get to close the book and walk away."

By Allison Brennan | June 23, 2026

Eliza Jabore on Translating Her Fraught Travel Stories with Friends into a Novel

Eliza Jabore on Translating Her Fraught Travel Stories with Friends into a Novel

The author of Backstabbers shares a tale of treacherous trail connections in Florence

By Eliza Jabore | June 22, 2026

Jessica Payne on Antiheroes, Gender, and the Rise of Female Pyschopaths in Fiction

Jessica Payne on Antiheroes, Gender, and the Rise of Female Pyschopaths in Fiction

The author of Somebody Worth Killing unpacks the complex allure of the morally gray woman

By Jessica Payne | June 19, 2026

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What to Watch Now, International Edition: Infernal Affairs (2002)

By Radha Vatsal | June 18, 2026

What to Watch Now: The Witch (2015)

By Radha Vatsal | June 17, 2026

(A.C.A.G.) All Cops Are Grotesque: Writing the Southern Gothic Police Officer

By T.J. Martinson | June 16, 2026

Hilary Davidson on Learning to Love Unreliable Narrators

Hilary Davidson on Learning to Love Unreliable Narrators

The author of Every Lie I Told explores trauma, creative storytelling, and the pixelation of memory

By Hilary Davidson | June 16, 2026

Kimberly McCreight on Memoirs, Cheryl Strayed's 'Wild', and Climbing Mountains

Kimberly McCreight on Memoirs, Cheryl Strayed's 'Wild', and Climbing Mountains

The author of 'Someone Else's Husband' takes an expedition to the summit of Aconcagua

By Kimberly McCreight | June 16, 2026

Gabbie Hanks on Finding Inspiration in America's Flyover Country

Gabbie Hanks on Finding Inspiration in America's Flyover Country

The power of writing a mystery set in the middle of nowhere

By Gabbie Hanks | June 16, 2026

50 Years Later, Reconsidering Norman Mailer's Wild, Bloody Provincetown Noir

50 Years Later, Reconsidering Norman Mailer's Wild, Bloody Provincetown Noir

Scott Adlerberg on 'Tough Guys Don't Dance'

By Scott Adlerberg | June 15, 2026

For Crime Writers, the Most Important Question Is 'What If?'

For Crime Writers, the Most Important Question Is 'What If?'

Jon Lindstrom talks with some of today's top authors about where they find inspiration.

By Jon LIndstrom | June 15, 2026

Indiana Jones at 45:

Indiana Jones at 45: "It's not the years honey, it's the mileage"

Author Alex Dekker on the special magic of an iconic character.

By Alex Dekker | June 12, 2026

Phoebe Atwood Taylor and the Search for the Quintessential Cape Cod Mystery

Phoebe Atwood Taylor and the Search for the Quintessential Cape Cod Mystery

The trailblazing mystery novelist who helped define a region.

By Dwyer Murphy | June 12, 2026

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