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Five Mystery Novels That Prioritize Character, Style, and Insight

"Genre fiction can be every bit as inventive and arty and revelatory as something dubbed literature."

Kate Atkinson: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

A study of the life and work of one of contemporary crime fiction's greatest authors.

Where to Start with Dark Academia Fiction

"[I]t is a truth universally acknowledged that throwing privileged, hypereducated intellectuals together into small, isolated, pressure-cooker environments can sometimes lead to murder."

Considering the Metaphysics of Reincarnation and Motherhood

Barbara Graham on writing a past life murder mystery.

Why Southern Gothic Fiction Is The Perfect Medium for Telling Queer Stories

"It's within that cloudy veil that separates the natural from the supernatural that many of the best Gothic tales live."

The Importance of Setting in Crime Fiction

Kayte Nunn on setting, and how it connects characters to stories.

Joe Pompeo on the Murders That Gave Rise to the New York Tabloids and Modern True Crime

A new book sheds new light on one of the Jazz Age's most scandalous murder investigations.

Arnold Rothstein: New York’s First Criminal Genius

"[H]e realized before anyone else what Prohibition was going to be like and the opportunities it presented."

How to Get Away with Murder in the Regency Era

Plan the crime at night, and for heaven's sake, don't use arsenic.

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