• Essays

    'UNSUB' Is Mostly Forgotten, But It Launched a New Era of Crime Procedurals

    A look back at a pioneering ‘scientific’ investigative show

    December 11, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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    Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era "Sin Strip"

    Richard John Parfitt considers the intersections of trauma, geography, and storytelling

    December 7, 2023  By Richard John Parfitt
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    Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

    Darby Kane explains why "a fancy vacation with old friends at a secluded location is a recipe for death."

    December 7, 2023  By Darby Kane
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    The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

    Finley Turner on thrillers, narrative, and what it really means to be unreliable.

    December 7, 2023  By Finley Turner
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    Stephen Spotswood On "Queering the Narrative of the Golden Age of America"

    To write crime fiction about gay life in the 1950 is to write noir. But celebrating love is just as essential.

    December 5, 2023  By Stephen Spotswood
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    The Mystery of Real Estate Porn

    How the New York City real estate market feeds off corruption–and gives one author her inspiration.

    December 5, 2023  By S.J. Rozan
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    Femi Kayode Considers Groups, Belief Systems, and the Village of Readers

    "I believe fiction can change the world by illustrating the danger of allowing mass think to overtake our individual decision making."

    December 5, 2023  By Femi Kayode
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    Crime and the City: Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

    Exploring the crime fiction of a rough and tumble Navy town and the nearby island retreat.

    December 4, 2023  By Paul French
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    60 Years of 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'

    Paul Vidich and Joseph Kanon investigate the legacy of John le Carré's groundbreaking novel.

    December 1, 2023  By Paul Vidich
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