• Features

    The Shadow Was Pulp Fiction's Original Pop Culture Phenomenon. Now, He's Mostly Forgotten. What Happened?

    Before Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, and Philip Marlowe, there was the crime-fighter who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men.

    June 9, 2021  By Hector DeJean
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    The Shark-Infested Waters of Hawaiian Detective Fiction

    The history of detective novels set in Hawai`i is long and exceedingly complex. Where is it all headed?

    June 9, 2021  By Eric Redman
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    Escaping Into British Humor Is the Perfect Balm

    In the crisp sentences of Wodehouse and the wry scenarios of Jerome, one author finds the escape she needs.

    June 9, 2021  By Connie Berry
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    The Eccentric, Unusual, and Layered Plotting of Dolores Hitchens' The Cat Saw Murder

    "Beneath the surface narrative, fast-moving as a stream, is a deeper sort of tragic wisdom..."

    June 9, 2021  By Joyce Carol Oates
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    On Letting Go of Toxic Silence and Acknowledging the Hardships of Mental Illness

    My brother's bipolar disorder troubled him all his life. But the stigma of being labeled caused just as much pain.

    June 9, 2021  By Marilyn Peterson Haus
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    The 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Team Is Reuniting. This Is the News I've Been Waiting For.

    There's a mole, right at the top of the Circus, and he's been there for years...

    June 8, 2021  By Dwyer Murphy
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    Why Ethel Rosenberg Matters

    How did Ethel Rosenberg find the strength to bear her unjust persecution, and what can we learn from her today?

    June 8, 2021  By Anne Sebba
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    Behind the Pine Curtain: East Texas’s Growing Influence on Crime Fiction

    How East Texas has established itself as a major force within American Noir.

    June 8, 2021  By James Wade
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    How to Write an Effective Villain

    Scouring classic thrillers for tips on how to write villains that will keep haunting readers long after the last page is read.

    June 8, 2021  By Paul Howarth
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    Why the Life of a Radio DJ Is Perfectly Suited to Crime Fiction

    Long nights, mysterious callers, and a fear of the dreaded 'dead air'

    June 8, 2021  By Michael Bradley
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