• Features

    Rediscovering a Vanished Species: Half-Hour TV Mysteries

    Thirty-minute crime dramas were once a pop culture phenomenon. All but a few have been forgotten. This is their story.

    August 18, 2022  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    The Lost History of America's Traveling "Ghost Shows"

    Ghost shows were a hybrid of movie, magic act and séance and they ruled late nights across America

    August 18, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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    The Freedom to Write Less Likeable Characters in Crime Fiction

    "I love that main characters can behave badly in thrillers, or even be the perpetrator themselves."

    August 18, 2022  By S. C. Lalli
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    Summer's Best Debut Novels

    The season's best crime, mystery, and thrillers from first-time authors.

    August 17, 2022  By CrimeReads 
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    A Reading List of Psychopathic Women

    "The idea of another woman skating through life without any shame brings both admiration and a touch of jealousy."

    August 17, 2022  By Kathleen Hale
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    Why True Crime Readers Make Ideal Romance Novel Protagonists

    Or, how to find love in a time of serial killers.

    August 17, 2022  By Alicia Thompson
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    The Horror of the American West

    On the terrors and fictions of the old, and new, west.

    August 17, 2022  By Harrison Query and Matt Query
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    You Can't Look Away: On Responsibility and Horror

    What is the responsibility of the author - and the audience - in creating and consuming horror?

    August 16, 2022  By Michael Seidlinger
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    The World of Philo Vance, Spectator of Life

    Ragnar Jonasson on S.S. Van Dine, the man behind one of America's most celebrated detectives.

    August 16, 2022  By Ragnar Jonasson
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    "There's Nothing More Suspenseful Than Real Life"

    Joy Fielding on the craft of psychological suspense.

    August 16, 2022  By Joy Fielding
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