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The Uneasy Noirs of <br>Stephen King

The Uneasy Noirs of
Stephen King

From Bachman to The Outsider, King revels in subtly subverting the rules of mystery.

By Nick Kolakowski | June 22, 2020

There Are More Crime Books with Girl in the Title Than We Ever Imagined

There Are More Crime Books with Girl in the Title Than We Ever Imagined

The Great Disambiguation Project marches on through a crowded field of "girl" books.

By Lisa Levy | June 22, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #13

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #13

Double Indemnity (1944)

By Otto Penzler | June 22, 2020

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Sarah Weinman on "the Gordian knot holding together Poe's tumultuous life and fragmented personality with his body of work"—and an audacious biography.

By Sarah Weinman | June 19, 2020

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

I Object...To Unrealistic Courtroom Drama

By Craig Pittman | June 19, 2020

Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs

Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs

She wrote some of the greatest crime movies in Hollywood's Golden Age. Today, we know almost nothing about her.

By Chris McGinley | June 19, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

By Lee Randall | June 18, 2020

Queer True Crime:
A Reading List

By James Polchin | June 18, 2020

Are We Only Capable of Writing Liars?

By Elizabeth Kay | June 18, 2020

8 Debut Novels You Should Read This June

8 Debut Novels You Should Read This June

The month's best debuts in crime, mystery, and thrillers

By CrimeReads | June 17, 2020

Crime in a Tenured Position: <br>The Feminist Mysteries of Carolyn Heilbrun

Crime in a Tenured Position:
The Feminist Mysteries of Carolyn Heilbrun

As Amanda Cross, Carolyn Heilbrun used her Kate Fansler series to explore academia, politics, and modern womanhood.

By Marlowe Benn | June 17, 2020

The Sufi Spy Who Fought The Fascists in Nazi-Occupied Paris

The Sufi Spy Who Fought The Fascists in Nazi-Occupied Paris

Snapshot from History: Noor Inayat Khan, codename "Madeleine," arrives in France to join a resistance circle as a radio operator.

By Arthur J. Magida | June 17, 2020

India's Most Celebrated Film Director Was Also a Bestselling Detective Novelist

India's Most Celebrated Film Director Was Also a Bestselling Detective Novelist

Reflecting on the brilliant career of Satyajit Ray

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 17, 2020

How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

On death, preservation, genius, detectives, villages, and eighteenth-century graveyard poems

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 16, 2020

The Unbearable Dread of the Slow-Burn Car Chase Scene

The Unbearable Dread of the Slow-Burn Car Chase Scene

Some car chases unfold at high speeds. Others take their time and trace their way into the dark corners of your soul.

By Jessica Barry | June 16, 2020

The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller left Boston for Buenos Aires. Two weeks later, it was in Halifax with three brutally murdered. What happened on board was a deeply unsettling mystery.

By Gerard Koeppel | June 16, 2020

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