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    True Crime and Its Potential for Good

    True Crime and Its Potential for Good

    Now that true crime is a popular pastime (bordering on obsession), what happens next?

    By Elle Marr | April 21, 2023

    8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Spring

    8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Spring

    Investigations into the killing of a Wyoming student, a mother's unsolved murder, and more.

    By Lizzy Steiner | April 20, 2023

    The Enduring Appeal of Country Music’s Murder Ballads

    The Enduring Appeal of Country Music’s Murder Ballads

    Erica Wright on the macabre poetry of country noir.

    By Erica Wright | April 20, 2023

    Whitey Bulger and The Cozy Crime Writer

    Whitey Bulger and The Cozy Crime Writer

    On the surprising human ties that bound the Boston mobster to author Charlotte MacLeod.

    By Curtis Evans | April 20, 2023

    Charles Manson’s Body, Or, How I Ended Up Paying For the Notorious Cult Leader's Funeral

    Charles Manson’s Body, Or, How I Ended Up Paying For the Notorious Cult Leader's Funeral

    "Did a man like this deserve a funeral?"

    By Maggie Milstein | April 20, 2023

    Taylor Moore on Thrillers in the New Green West

    Taylor Moore on Thrillers in the New Green West

    "Don’t be surprised if the environmental activist hero standing between the mustache-twirling villain is a Stetson-clad cowboy."

    By Taylor Moore | April 20, 2023

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    If You Build It, They Will Profit: Reflecting on J. G. Ballard’s High-Rise 48 Years Later

    By Andrew F. Sullivan | April 19, 2023

    A Devil’s Bargain: Is Satan a Reliable Narrator?

    By Nicholas Fillmore | April 19, 2023

    Jonathan Rosen on Mental Illness, Murder, and a Life-Altering Friendship

    By Kevin Canfield | April 19, 2023

    What Do Modern Mystery Novels and Medieval Mystery Plays Have in Common? Sin.

    What Do Modern Mystery Novels and Medieval Mystery Plays Have in Common? Sin.

    "[G]reed, envy, lust, and wrath are murderous emotions, and so is wounded pride."

    By Kim Hays | April 19, 2023

    Crime Writer Heather Graham on Moonlighting as a Musician

    Crime Writer Heather Graham on Moonlighting as a Musician

    Or, how Graham's band became the highlight of many a mystery convention.

    By Heather Graham | April 19, 2023

    The Expatriates: Spy Fiction’s Hapless Unfortunates

    The Expatriates: Spy Fiction’s Hapless Unfortunates

    An exploration of an archetype constantly being drawn into greater geopolitical maneuverings.

    By John Lawton | April 18, 2023

    C. S. Harris Considers the Art of Historical Fiction

    C. S. Harris Considers the Art of Historical Fiction

    It's got to be accurate. But it also needs to be "tightly plotted and fast paced."

    By Molly Odintz | April 18, 2023

    Don Winslow on the Aeneid, Hollywood, and Reaching the End of His Career as a Novelist

    Don Winslow on the Aeneid, Hollywood, and Reaching the End of His Career as a Novelist

    Winslow's latest crime epic heads west.

    By Dwyer Murphy | April 18, 2023

    Exploring Social Issues Through Horror

    Exploring Social Issues Through Horror

    "Simply stated, horror provides a voice for the marginalized, the abused, the lost."

    By Nick Medina | April 18, 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 | April 17, 2023

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