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True Crime and Its Potential for Good
Now that true crime is a popular pastime (bordering on obsession), what happens next?
By
Elle Marr
| April 21, 2023
The Enduring Appeal of Country Music’s Murder Ballads
Erica Wright on the macabre poetry of country noir.
By
Erica Wright
| April 20, 2023
Whitey Bulger and The Cozy Crime Writer
On the surprising human ties that bound the Boston mobster to author Charlotte MacLeod.
By
Curtis Evans
| April 20, 2023
Charles Manson’s Body, Or, How I Ended Up Paying For the Notorious Cult Leader's Funeral
"Did a man like this deserve a funeral?"
By
Maggie Milstein
| April 20, 2023
Taylor Moore on Thrillers in the New Green West
"Don’t be surprised if the environmental activist hero standing between the mustache-twirling villain is a Stetson-clad cowboy."
By
Taylor Moore
| April 20, 2023
If You Build It, They Will Profit: Reflecting on J. G. Ballard’s High-Rise 48 Years Later
High-Rise has accelerated, exceeding its own image, manifesting so thoroughly the fiction wears thin and reality begins to flicker at its edge." ">"The world of
High-Rise
has accelerated, exceeding its own image, manifesting so thoroughly the fiction wears thin and reality begins to flicker at its edge."
By
Andrew F. Sullivan
| April 19, 2023
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A Devil’s Bargain: Is Satan a Reliable Narrator?
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Nicholas Fillmore
| April 19, 2023
What Do Modern Mystery Novels and Medieval Mystery Plays Have in Common? Sin.
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Kim Hays
| April 19, 2023
Crime Writer Heather Graham on Moonlighting as a Musician
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Heather Graham
| April 19, 2023
Exploring Social Issues Through Horror
"Simply stated, horror provides a voice for the marginalized, the abused, the lost."
By
Nick Medina
| April 18, 2023
A Snapshot of the Many and Various Criminals Aboard the Titanic
As in many walks of life, there was a wild cast of criminal characters on the ill-fated ship.
By
James T. Bartlett
| April 14, 2023
On the Enduring Charms and Sly Wit of Jane Austen's
Northanger Abbey
"while it is, ultimately, a comedic romance that sees a young lady eventually settle down with the upstanding gentleman who deserves her, it’s also—delightfully!—a satire."
By
Martha Waters
| April 14, 2023
How Ian Fleming Wrote
Casino Royale
and Changed Spy Fiction Forever
Kim Sherwood discusses the origins and impact of Ian Fleming's legendary espionage novel in her introduction to a special anniversary edition of the novel from The Folio Society
By
Kim Sherwood
| April 13, 2023
Nazi-Hunting in Movies and TV Thrillers, Over the Decades
Pop culture will never get tired of watching people travel to South America to track down Nazi fugitives.
By
Keith Roysdon
| April 13, 2023
How Writers Lace Truth Into Their Fiction
How lines are blurred and readers are persuaded to lower their defenses and believe in a deeper authenticity.
By
Jonathan Fredrick
| April 13, 2023
Five Speculative Novels Set In Worlds Full of Books
"Fantastical libraries, cozy bookstores, and stories that pay homage to the magic of the written word..."
By
Hester Fox
| April 12, 2023
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