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The Grieving Mother Who Became An Angel of Vengeance

The Grieving Mother Who Became An Angel of Vengeance

When Miriam Rodriguez's daughter was killed, she took justice into her own hands. But first, she navigated a Byzantine bureaucracy to find her daughter's body.

By Azam Ahmed | November 30, 2023

The Root of Evil: How a Grape Plague and Deceptive Dealing Changed the World of French Wine Forever

The Root of Evil: How a Grape Plague and Deceptive Dealing Changed the World of French Wine Forever

Rebecca Gibb on "the great Burgundy deception"

By Rebecca Gibb | November 30, 2023

Beyond <em>Treasure Island</em>: A Brief Introduction to Pirates in Fiction

Beyond Treasure Island: A Brief Introduction to Pirates in Fiction

"They sack and pillage and raid and are captured and hanged and gibbeted, and maybe some of it’s fictional… but some of it isn’t."

By Katherine Howe | November 30, 2023

Parties Gone Wrong: A Beloved Trope in Crime Fiction

Parties Gone Wrong: A Beloved Trope in Crime Fiction

"There’s not a gathering in thrillers that doesn’t end up in total and utter carnage"

By Harriet Tyce | November 30, 2023

7 Great Cozy Mysteries Set in the Fall

7 Great Cozy Mysteries Set in the Fall

Autumn is the season for sweaters, changing leaves, and curling up with a good mystery.

By Amber Camp | November 29, 2023

On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

Leslie Klinger on a lesser-known work by S.S. Van Dine and what "The Canary Murder Case" says about its detective and creator

By Leslie S. Klinger | November 29, 2023

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Horror for the Holidays, Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

By Erika Johansen | November 29, 2023

The Orchestral Stirrings of Death on the Down Beat, a Musician's Murder Mystery

By Martin Edwards | November 29, 2023

What Really Went On Between Coppola and Sheen in that Hotel Room During the Filming of Apocalypse Now?

By Sam Wasson | November 28, 2023

"The Mousetrap": Still Going Strong After 28,000 Performances

"[I]t does what theater is meant to do: engage our emotions, not just our little gray cells"

By Maya Corrigan | November 28, 2023

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder

Or, a list of mysteries in which bookish people must solve crimes at bookish events

By V. M. Burns | November 28, 2023

Delving Into the Real Story of Charlie Starkweather, Spree Killer, Demon of the American '50s

Delving Into the Real Story of Charlie Starkweather, Spree Killer, Demon of the American '50s

Harry N. MacLean knew there was likely more to the story than was known. But did he want to go down the old roads to Nebraska?

By Harry N. MacLean | November 28, 2023

<em>The White Priory Murders</em>, A Christmas Mystery That Deserves To Be Remembered

The White Priory Murders, A Christmas Mystery That Deserves To Be Remembered

Martin Edwards considers a classic holiday murder mystery from the king of locked room crime novels, John Dickson Carr

By Martin Edwards | November 28, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | November 27, 2023

Agatha Christie’s Most Romantic Murder Mysteries

Agatha Christie’s Most Romantic Murder Mysteries

Lily Sparks ranks the mystery master's novels from the most light and frothy to the darkest and most deeply tortured

By Lily Sparks | November 27, 2023

Jail to the Chief: The 5 Worst Fictional Acts Committed by Real Presidents

Jail to the Chief: The 5 Worst Fictional Acts Committed by Real Presidents

From brawling to cuckoldry to cannibalism, (real) Presidents get up to some dark (fictional) deeds.

By Zack Budryk | November 27, 2023

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