• Features

    B-More or B-Less: Meditations on The Wire and Baltimore

    Michael A. Gonzales on a long, complex relationship with The Wire and its depictions of Black life in Baltimore.

    February 10, 2022  By Michael Gonzales
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    Bad Love, Good Sex: The Best Thirst Traps in Crime Fiction

    Your Anti-Valentine's Day Round-Up of the Sexiest Mysteries To Read With Your FWBs

    February 10, 2022  By Molly Odintz
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    A Brief History of Strychnine, the Poison of Choice for Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Scores More—But Why?

    Neil Bradbury on mystery's favorite silent killer.

    February 10, 2022  By Neil Bradbury
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    Literature of Unease: The Dark Heart of New Zealand Novels

    These antipodean novels examine the legacies of colonialism and the traumas of war.

    February 10, 2022  By Carl Nixon
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    Rachel Rear on Trying To Make Sense of Her Stepsister's Death

    "It is her murder that will ultimately define her—that will set her apart, that will draw attention to her life. But the story of her murder is a rabbit warren, a maze with a hundred dead ends."

    February 9, 2022  By Rachel Rear
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    The Darker Side of Jane Austen

    Kristen Bird on the dark underbelly of Austen's world and all those happy endings.

    February 9, 2022  By Kristen Bird
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    Trevanian: An Appreciation for the Godfather of the Mountain Thriller

    Harry Farthing on the long legacy of the once mysterious author, Trevanian

    February 9, 2022  By Harry Farthing
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    A Brief History of Ghost Ships

    What are ghost ships, and why are we so fascinated by them?

    February 9, 2022  By S. A. Barnes
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    6 Novels With Twist Endings That Will Leave Your Jaw on the Floor

    Wendy Corsi Staub on some of the best surprise endings in contemporary fiction.

    February 9, 2022  By Wendy Corsi Staub
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    On the Coen Brothers’ Bitter, Brokenhearted Noir,
    Miller’s Crossing

    Olivia Rutigliano reflects on the classic gangster film as it heads to the Criterion Collection

    February 8, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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