• Features

    Florence Rush and the Providence White Slavers

    The profitable panic that inspired both journalists and crime writers to focus on the (extremely exaggerated) crisis of "white slavery"

    August 10, 2021  By Curtis Evans
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    The Strange Story of Mexico's First Narco, the Drug Panic He Helped Incite, and the Revolution to Come

    In 1908, José del Moral and his stash of marijuana cigarettes were public enemy number one, and it all had to do with the classes who were smoking the herb.

    August 10, 2021  By Benjamin T. Smith
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    When You Can’t Call the Cops

    Michele Weinstat Miller endured rape, incarceration, and addiction and later became an attorney. She decided to write a thriller about people who don't feel safe calling the police.

    August 10, 2021  By Michele Weinstat Miller
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    A New Wave of Crime Fiction Explores Collective Guilt and Individual Complicity

    Crime fiction is working to represent a more abstract antagonist—institutions and ideologies that perpetuate violence—and a harder-to-pin form of guilt: complicity.

    August 10, 2021  By Ashley Winstead
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    August 9, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    The Rise of Welsh Crime Fiction

    A country of just over three million people is producing a good deal of the world's most addictive crime fiction.

    August 9, 2021  By Paul French
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    Rediscovering the Sly, Seductive Jazz Mysteries of Charlotte Carter

    30 years ago, Carter addressed racism, colorism, classism, and sexism head on. Her books feel just as relevant today.

    August 9, 2021  By Caitlin Landuyt
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    A Brief History of Cognac's POLAR Festival

    Since 1996, the city of Cognac has celebrated the art of the thriller with a convention that draws fans and authors from all over.

    August 9, 2021  By Bernard Bec
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    Murder on the Move: Suspense Novels Set on Trains, Boats & Transport

    Louise Candlish on the long, proud tradition of setting mysteries on moving vehicles.

    August 6, 2021  By Louise Candlish
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    What Do You Read When the World Is Falling Apart?
    Spy Fiction, Of Course.

    Or, how reading Philip Kerr, Alan Furst, and John le Carré can help in processing overwhelming events.

    August 6, 2021  By Tessa Lunney
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