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The Vigilantes of the Oppressed

The Vigilantes of the Oppressed

Move over, Batman: there's a new wave of justice-seekers in town.

By Molly Odintz | December 9, 2020

We Need More Dark Stories with Hopeful Endings

We Need More Dark Stories with Hopeful Endings

"To endure page after page of never-ending pain and sorrow and to culminate in the same morass of tragedy would only be nihilism."

By Les Edgerton | December 9, 2020

The Georgia Guidestones: America's Stonehenge, History's Unsolved Mystery

The Georgia Guidestones: America's Stonehenge, History's Unsolved Mystery

Are they a monument to human civilization, or a powerful condemnation of our species? And who the heck built them?

By Brad Meltzer and Keith Farrell | December 9, 2020

Crime by Committee: 8 Novels Featuring Group Misdeeds

Crime by Committee: 8 Novels Featuring Group Misdeeds

Why we’re forever entranced by co-conspirators

By Kia Abdullah | December 8, 2020

10 Cold Thrillers To Get You Through the Long Winter Nights

10 Cold Thrillers To Get You Through the Long Winter Nights

More Chills, More Thrills...

By Paige Shelton | December 8, 2020

The Unexpected Stars of Crime Cinema: Audrey Hepburn

The Unexpected Stars of Crime Cinema: Audrey Hepburn

She's usually thought of as a romantic comedy star. But she featured in some of the era's greatest thrillers.

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 8, 2020

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In Praise of Second Chances

By Jane Cleland | December 8, 2020

The Surprisingly Dark History of Gingerbread

By Maya Corrigan | December 7, 2020

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By CrimeReads | December 7, 2020

Watch a Short, Delightfully Awkward Interview with Graham Greene

Watch a Short, Delightfully Awkward Interview with Graham Greene

All writer interviews should take place in international waters.

By Dwyer Murphy | December 7, 2020

Janet Evanovich Talks Craft, Art, and Selfhood

Janet Evanovich Talks Craft, Art, and Selfhood

Catching up with the creator of Stephanie Plum

By Molly Odintz | December 7, 2020

The Meticulous Noir of David Fincher

The Meticulous Noir of David Fincher

Exploring the movies that have fed the worldview of a legendarily exacting director who inspires, and is inspired by obsession.

By Zach Vasquez | December 4, 2020

Jean-Patrick Manchette: Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Bring a Master of French Crime Fiction to American Readers

Jean-Patrick Manchette: Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Bring a Master of French Crime Fiction to American Readers

Manchette's translator reflects on the legacy of an author who revolutionized French noir (twice).

By Donald Nicholson-Smith | December 4, 2020

A P.I. in Paradise: How ‘Magnum’ Set the Standard for ‘80s TV Detectives

A P.I. in Paradise: How ‘Magnum’ Set the Standard for ‘80s TV Detectives

The Hawaiian shirts. The short-short shorts. In 1980, CBS was in need of a Hawaii-set hit, and they found a P.I. for a new era.

By Keith Roysdon | December 4, 2020

Homecoming Thrillers

Homecoming Thrillers

Six Mysteries that Prove You Can’t Go Home Again

By Tessa Wegert | December 4, 2020

Who gets to be a sympathetic character in <em>The Undoing</em>?

Who gets to be a sympathetic character in The Undoing?

The popular HBO miniseries treats victimhood as a privilege, which it reserves only for its white, female protagonist, and not its "othered" murder victim.

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 3, 2020

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