New Nonfiction

What the Mythology of El Chapo Guzmán Tells Us About the Reality of Drug Trafficking in the Americas

Was he a bandit, a ruthless killer, or a sacrificial lamb set up by other leaders? Answers are elusive, and that's the point.

August 25, 2020  By Alan Feuer
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What I Learned About Myself While Tallying The Body Count of Ozark's First Season

Why do we have such a good time watching the spectacle of on-screen violence?

August 19, 2020  By David Thomson
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Tampa Bay Noir: Shady Stuff in the Sunshine

From pirate cove, to mafia town, to the home of the "Florida Man," Tampa Bay occupies an outsize place in the crime pantheon of the Sunshine State.

August 19, 2020  By Colette Bancroft
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How an Indiana Preacher's Son Transformed into a Western Lawman—and a Killer

Ed Cantrell went to Wyoming and cast himself in the mould of Western gunslinging icons. Then, he was charged with murder.

August 14, 2020  By Rone Tempest
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The World of Robert B. Parker's Spenser and the Birth of the 1970's Private Detective

The hardboiled protagonist who navigated both crime fiction's progressive and reactionary strands.

August 11, 2020  By Susanna Lee
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A Faked Obituary and the Search for a Missing Sister

If my sister was dead, then why did her email have an account of her death written up before it happened?

August 5, 2020  By Betsy Bonner
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Whatever Happened to Eliot Ness After Prohibition?

The legendary Prohibition agent who took on the Capone mob was banished from Chicago after his glory days. Why?

August 5, 2020  By Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz
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Weird Women: The Forgotten Female Horror Writers of the 19th Century and Beyond

Women were at the cutting edge of strange and supernatural writing long before Lovecraft came on the scene.

August 4, 2020  By Lisa Morton and Leslie Klinger
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How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

After an era of gentleman detectives, Hammett brought the world a detective grounded in (and ground down by) hard-edged reality.

August 4, 2020  By Susanna Lee
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The Power—and the Responsibility—of True Crime Writing

"From childhood, we are hardwired to be fascinated by danger, and by the dark potential of other humans."

July 30, 2020  By Patrick Radden Keefe
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