• Features

    Amnesia in Literature and Film

    Unreliable narrators and mysteries of memory ratchet up the suspense in remarkable ways.

    July 9, 2021  By Liv Constantine
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    Charlotte Philby Remembers Her Paradoxical Grandfather, Kim Philby

    Why are people drawn to espionage fiction? For Philby, the answer has always been personal

    July 8, 2021  By Charlotte Philby
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    Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

    "On a steamy summer day, the residential streets are absent of people and can possess an unsettling quiet. Where is everyone?"

    July 8, 2021  By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
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    In True Crime, We Find a Deep, Elusive Connection

    The best true crime is an invitation to believe that our opinions and our empathy matter.

    July 8, 2021  By Jessica Chiarella
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    How Voltaire Helped Spread the Legend of Europe's Most Famous Prisoner, The Man in the Iron Mask

    In 18th century Europe, there was no greater conspiracy theory than the one surrounding "L'homme au masque de fer"

    July 8, 2021  By Josephine Wilkinson
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    The Most Murdered Woman in the World

    How an early form of true crime set the stage for Paula Maxa, the original scream queen.

    July 7, 2021  By April Snellings
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    A List of Thrillers About Thrillers (and the People Who Write Them)

    Can a book about writing a book really be that exciting? The short answer is: yes!

    July 7, 2021  By David Bell
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    On Loving, and Leaving, Barcelona

    "If I saw the beauty in Barcelona, I also saw the shadows."

    July 7, 2021  By Rupert Thomson
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    "L’affaire Flactif": How Racist Motivations Were Overlooked in a Family Homicide

    According to the press, David Hotyat murdered an entire family out of jealousy. But his true motivations were much more sinister.

    July 7, 2021  By Samira Sedira
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    Inside the Fiction Group in a Maximum-Security Psychiatric Hospital

    "They’d talk about what ward they were on, their security level, the medication they were taking, and how long they’d been at Perkins, but I never heard a patient ask another patient about their crime."

    July 7, 2021  By Mikita Brottman
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