Midwestern America: The Coziest Place on Earth

Midwestern America: The Coziest Place on Earth

Small Towns, Quirky Suspects, and Some Very Cozy Mysteries

By Maddie Day | July 17, 2019

Edna Buchanan's Miami

Edna Buchanan's Miami

She was Edna Rydzik in Jersey. In Miami, she was the hardboiled crime writer who defined an era and left a complex legacy.

By Sarah Weinman | July 16, 2019

Guilt, Innocence, and Doubt <br>in the Historical Crime Novel

Guilt, Innocence, and Doubt
in the Historical Crime Novel

Resolution is overrated. It's time to embrace doubt instead.

By Laura Purcell | July 16, 2019

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

A crime author's appreciation for a new/old form of storytelling

By Alison Gaylin | July 16, 2019

Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

Leonardo Padura & Alex Segura talk about noir, hometowns, homelands, and how being a crime writer in Cuba has evolved.

By Alex Segura | July 15, 2019

Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

Jim Thompson and William Lindsay Gresham have proven difficult to adapt to screen. Directors can't resist the challenge—or the noir.

By Zach Vasquez | July 15, 2019

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By Ryan Steck | July 12, 2019

Small Town Mysteries, <br>Big Social Issues

Small Town Mysteries,
Big Social Issues

How crime authors use small-town settings to explore the day's most important and complex issues.

By Terry Shames | July 12, 2019

What Fiction Teaches Us About The Allure of Cults

What Fiction Teaches Us About The Allure of Cults

People don't join cults. They join communities that become cults. Literature can help us understand this all-important nuance.

By Kali Wallace | July 12, 2019

The State of the Thriller: A Roundtable Discussion

The State of the Thriller: A Roundtable Discussion

Thriller authors weigh in on the genre's most pressing issues

By CrimeReads | July 11, 2019

Grappling with PTSD <br>in Crime Fiction

Grappling with PTSD
in Crime Fiction

Forget the PTSD-fueled psychotic killer of pop culture lore. Crime novels are capable of a far more complex treatment.

By Hilary Davidson | July 11, 2019

8 Crime Novels You Won’t Find In The Crime Section

8 Crime Novels You Won’t Find In The Crime Section

Busting labels: when "literary" authors embark on "crime" novels

By John Galligan | July 11, 2019

Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

The last Hannibal Lecter book was a publishing phenomenon like no other—it left a long, strange legacy.

By Patrick J. Sauer | July 10, 2019

Denise Mina Is Living the Zeitgeist

Denise Mina Is Living the Zeitgeist

A modern crime queen weighs in on podcast investigators, celebrity culture, and one more road-trip novel before Brexit.

By Molly Odintz | July 10, 2019

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