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    Martin Edwards on <em>Murder in the Basement</em>, A Pioneering Work of Suspense

    Martin Edwards on Murder in the Basement, A Pioneering Work of Suspense

    Murder in the Basement, and so is his flair for taking the genre in new directions."">"Berkeley’s cynicism and love of irony are much in evidence in Murder in the Basement, and so is his flair for taking the genre in new directions."

    By Martin Edwards | December 6, 2022

    How Edgar Allan Poe Reinvented American Literature – and Science Writing

    How Edgar Allan Poe Reinvented American Literature – and Science Writing

    John Tresch: "In that lurid myth, in those shocking images, that's where the field of experimentation for future literature lives."

    By Lisa Levy | December 3, 2022

    Into the Combat Zone: Boston's Most Notorious Neighborhood

    Into the Combat Zone: Boston's Most Notorious Neighborhood

    The Zone was Boston's Times Square, a magnet for the city's most desperate and depraved.

    By Don Stradley | November 29, 2022

    How the Nation of Islam Sent Shockwaves Across 1950s America – And Won the Support of Nasser's Egypt

    How the Nation of Islam Sent Shockwaves Across 1950s America – And Won the Support of Nasser's Egypt

    In 1958, the Nation of Islam was a powerful organization, on the rise. Soon, the American media, and the world, would take notice.

    By Shahan Mufti | November 23, 2022

    How a Forgery of a Forgery Began a Career in the Artistic Underworld

    How a Forgery of a Forgery Began a Career in the Artistic Underworld

    On the Early Days of Tony Tetro's Life as an Art Forger

    By Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi | November 22, 2022

    The Truth About Snitching

    The Truth About Snitching

    Our legal system is intensely reliant on informants and the unregulated, mostly unknown deals that guide them into an ever-more dangerous life.

    By Alexandra Natapoff | November 15, 2022

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    Murder after Christmas: An Unusual and Amusing Mystery

    By Martin Edwards | November 9, 2022

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    Boston's Combat Zone: Why Two Authors Were Drawn to the Same 45 Year-Old Crime

    Boston's Combat Zone: Why Two Authors Were Drawn to the Same 45 Year-Old Crime

    A 1976 murder captured the interest of two Boston-area authors, who took very different approaches to the story.

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    On Ed Lacy's <em>Room to Swing</em> and Early Representation of Black Sleuths in Crime Fiction

    On Ed Lacy's Room to Swing and Early Representation of Black Sleuths in Crime Fiction

    Written by a Harlem-based white author, Room to Swing features a Black detective and is an earnest effort infused with the jazzy spirit of the 1950s.

    By Leslie S. Klinger | November 4, 2022

    How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

    How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

    Before Geronimo became the Apaches' fabled war commander, he lost everything.

    By H.W. Brands | November 1, 2022

    Martin Edwards On E. C. R. Lorac's Delightful Whodunit, <em>These Names Make Clues</em>

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    A traditional "closed circle" mystery, Lorac's novel is her best at capturing the spirit of the Golden Age.

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    Paula Guran on the Need for Horror in Challenging Times

    Paula Guran on the Need for Horror in Challenging Times

    "Horror fiction and dark fantasy, at its best, can teach us how to survive real fear."

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    Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself: On The Origins of the Devil

    "Cultures and religions around the globe have long imagined Devil-like figures..."

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