• Features

    Shaina Steinberg on Writing Historical Fiction Set in Los Angeles

    The screenwriter and novelist discusses postwar turbulence in Los Angeles and what it's like to be a writer there today.

    May 19, 2025  By Alex Dueben
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    Five Upcoming Speculative Mysteries and Thrillers

    Summer novels for "for those of us who like our crime with a stiff dose of otherworldliness."

    May 19, 2025  By Paz Pardo
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    Eight Terrible Head Injuries in Crime Film

    Our editor Olivia Rutigliano, recovering from a bad concussion, rounds up some of cinema's greatest blows to the head.

    May 16, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    1984: Enter the Crack Era

    Michael Gonzales on Harlem before and after crack.

    May 16, 2025  By Michael Gonzales
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    Nev March On The
    Bombay Dog Riot

    In the 1830s, British imperialists tried to cull the stray dogs interrupting their afternoon naps. Protests quickly ensued.

    May 16, 2025  By Nev March
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    Frederic S. Durbin On Crafting a Genre-Bending Western

    "How can a novel encompass fantasy, horror, science-fiction, romance, the ghost story, literary fiction, and the western?"

    May 16, 2025  By Frederic S. Durbin
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    The Best Psychological Thrillers of May 2025

    This spring, suspense goes global

    May 15, 2025  By Molly Odintz
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    Murder, Mischief, and Mayhem: The Best Campy and Humorous Thriller Series

    "These are stories where the danger is real—but so are the laughs."

    May 15, 2025  By Michelle Gagnon
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    Breakthrough: Ross Macdonald, Lew Archer and 'The Doomsters'

    Macdonald's seventh novel in the Lew Archer series was a turning point in the history of crime fiction.

    May 15, 2025  By Bruce Riordan
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    7 Novels Built "On The Weight of a Shared Secret"

    As the saying goes, two can keep a secret...

    May 15, 2025  By Anna Snoekstra
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