• Essays

    Lina Chern On the Real Life Detective Story That Haunts Her Still

    When a long-serving police officer died, he was lauded as a hero. The truth was far darker.

    July 17, 2025  By Lina Chern
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    The JFK Assassination: An Enduring American Mystery

    Terrence McCauley on conspiracy, memory, and a tragic event's distinct hold on the American imagination.

    July 17, 2025  By Terrence McCauley
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    Why Marriage Is the Perfect Crime Scene: The Rise of Domestic Suspense

    A.R. Torre on finding the right balance of intimacy and menace.

    July 16, 2025  By A.R. Torre
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    Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in Buckingham Palace

    "This isn’t just a palace, it’s a fortress."

    July 16, 2025  By Daniel O'Malley
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    How a Handyman Visit Pushed One Author Closer to a World of Paranoia and Conspiracy Theories

    Nicci Cloke needed a treadmill repaired. In the end, she found her new thriller.

    July 16, 2025  By Nicci Cloke
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    Polly Stewart: Why I Had to Write About Modern-Day Moonshiners

    "Very few people I met seemed to realize that when the rest of the country stopped making and drinking moonshine, Appalachia kept right on."

    July 15, 2025  By Polly Stewart
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    One Morning in Auckland

    A glimpse of the city, through the eyes of Hana Westerman, the main character in Michael Bennett's New Zealand-set crime series.

    July 15, 2025  By Michael Bennett
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    Sarah Hornsley on Assault and the Trauma of Silence

    "[T]here was nothing lonelier than people knowing what had happened . . . but acting like they didn’t."

    July 15, 2025  By Sarah Hornsley
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    American Carnage: Hammett's Red Harvest and Mass Violence in the United States

    "The intensity of the mass violence which afflicted the United States in the years following World War One is truly remarkable"

    July 14, 2025  By Curtis Evans
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    Kate Russo: The Story I Never Wanted To Tell

    Decades later, a tragic death still has the power to haunt.

    July 14, 2025  By Kate Russo
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