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10 Movies That Will Make Any Kid Into a Lover of Classic Suspense

10 Movies That Will Make Any Kid Into a Lover of Classic Suspense

A childhood history, one great movie at a time.

By Paige Shelton | December 4, 2019

Tips for Writing Speculative Detective Fiction

Tips for Writing Speculative Detective Fiction

How can you keep a commitment to reason and procedure when rules of reality no longer apply?

By Tyler Hayes | December 4, 2019

Blowback: Late 1960s and ’70s Pulp and Popular Fiction about the Vietnam War

Blowback: Late 1960s and ’70s Pulp and Popular Fiction about the Vietnam War

When soldiers returned home, a new wave of crime fiction captured the trauma—and the moral abyss.

By Andrew Nette | December 3, 2019

Rediscovering Dorothy B. Hughes' Brutal Hollywood Take-Down, <em>Dread Journey</em>

Rediscovering Dorothy B. Hughes' Brutal Hollywood Take-Down, Dread Journey

Sarah Weinman reflects on the outsized contributions and little-known gems of a giant of noir.

By Sarah Weinman | December 3, 2019

Jessica Fletcher and the Long Afterlife of <em>Murder, She Wrote</em>

Jessica Fletcher and the Long Afterlife of Murder, She Wrote

Upon publishing the 50th book in the Murder, She Wrote series, Jon Land reflects on the eternal appeal of Cabot Cove.

By Jon Land | December 3, 2019

The Sixth Victim: A Murder in Small-Town Japan

The Sixth Victim: A Murder in Small-Town Japan

Its motto was “the smallest village with the brightest future”—until the massacre.

By Shōko Egawa | December 3, 2019

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By CrimeReads | December 2, 2019

Alaska: Northern Noir

By Paul French | December 2, 2019

Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead

By Michael Seidlinger | December 2, 2019

Matthew McBride on Working Class Stories and the Future of Pulp Fiction

Matthew McBride on Working Class Stories and the Future of Pulp Fiction

Digging into the career of a cult favorite.

By Max Booth III | December 2, 2019

The Best and Most Binge-Worthy Thrillers for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

The Best and Most Binge-Worthy Thrillers for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

So Many Thrillers to Watch, So Many Leftovers to Eat

By Camille LeBlanc | November 27, 2019

Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

Mauro Altamura signed up as an extra on 'The Irishman'—he'd been struggling with the legacy of the Hoffa killing for 50 years.

By Mauro Altamura | November 27, 2019

<em>Knives Out</em> Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

Knives Out Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

Rian Johnson's new movie celebrates the whodunit—while also skewering its traditional power structure to condemn the 1%

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 27, 2019

The Timeless Joys of Pet Cozies

The Timeless Joys of Pet Cozies

Because every amateur sleuth needs a dog or a cat, or both.

By V. M. Burns | November 27, 2019

25 (More) Crime Books You Can Finish in an Afternoon

25 (More) Crime Books You Can Finish in an Afternoon

These books are nasty, brutish, and short.

By Molly Odintz | November 26, 2019

Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War

Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War

I thought I had emerged from my Northern Irish childhood unscathed. It took me years to realize that wasn’t true.

By Michael Hughes | November 26, 2019

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