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Thirst Traps: The Return of Vampire Novel

Thirst Traps: The Return of Vampire Novel

It's hot outside, so cool down with some undead chillers...

By Molly Odintz | August 17, 2024

Murder in <em>Middlemarch</em>

Murder in Middlemarch

Everyone performs, in George Eliot's famous novel. But some are performing to cover up a killing!

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 16, 2024

The Craggy, Wind-Swept Crime Fiction of Wales

The Craggy, Wind-Swept Crime Fiction of Wales

Martin Edwards celebrates the macabre and suspenseful tales informed by the eerie landscapes and gothic settings of Cymru

By Martin Edwards | August 16, 2024

Meet Thomas Byrnes, Gilded Age New York's Performative, Corrupt Police Detective

Meet Thomas Byrnes, Gilded Age New York's Performative, Corrupt Police Detective

He staged elaborate scenes to extract confessions, presented prisoners to police in a "parade," and invented the "Rogues' Gallery"

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 15, 2024

Green Mountain Mysteries: A Taxonomy of Vermont Noir

Green Mountain Mysteries: A Taxonomy of Vermont Noir

Sarah Stewart Taylor considers the many fictional horrors and murders of her beloved home state

By Sarah Stewart Taylor | August 15, 2024

Peace, Love, and Understanding: Inside the Woodstock's

Peace, Love, and Understanding: Inside the Woodstock's "Peace Force"

Marcy McCreary talks with Nick Chiarkas, one of the off-duty cops who helped keep the peace during the three day festival

By Marcy McCreary | August 15, 2024

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Stella Sands on Solving Crimes and Diagramming Sentences

By Peter Handel | August 15, 2024

A Feast for the Senses: Books That Wine and Dine

By Laurie Elizabeth Flynn | August 15, 2024

The Trope of the “Crazy” Female Protagonist

By Caroline Wolff | August 14, 2024

Oh Mother! Mothers in Horror and the Horror They Represent

Oh Mother! Mothers in Horror and the Horror They Represent

Leslie J. Anderson considers the literature of scary kids, scarier mothers, and the terrifying project of raising a child

By Leslie J. Anderson | August 14, 2024

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

"The internet is now ubiquitous in our lives, so why does it appear so rarely in popular literature?"

By Stephen Harrison | August 14, 2024

Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

Snowden Wright on Elmore Leonard and the evolution of an American icon.

By Snowden Wright | August 13, 2024

Uncovering One of the Biggest (and Strangest) Frauds in Mississippi History

Uncovering One of the Biggest (and Strangest) Frauds in Mississippi History

State auditor Shad White found himself at the epicenter of an investigation into a shocking theft. Then things got weird...

By Shad White | August 13, 2024

Katrina Monroe on Eldest Daughter Syndrome

Katrina Monroe on Eldest Daughter Syndrome

Or, writing a psychological thriller as a both a love song to sisterhood and a reckoning with its uneven responsibilities

By Katrina Monroe | August 13, 2024

Zoje Stage: My Quest for Realism in Genre Fiction

Zoje Stage: My Quest for Realism in Genre Fiction

From film to novels, a journey in search of character-driven story.

By Zoje Stage | August 13, 2024

Beach Reads for a Changing World: 5 Page-Turning Eco-Mysteries

Beach Reads for a Changing World: 5 Page-Turning Eco-Mysteries

Midge Raymond on the urgency of the eco-mystery.

By Midge Raymond | August 12, 2024

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