• Features

    The 100 Best, Worst, and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked

    Once you eliminate the least compelling Sherlock Holmes performances, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the best.

    April 8, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    In Good Taste: Marilyn Stasio on a Lifetime of Book Reviews

    The legendary critic talks about how she got her start, how crime fiction got taken seriously, and what she's reading now.

    April 8, 2021  By Erica Wright
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    The Hidden History of Women and the IRA

    "Perhaps we prefer to believe that the girls and women of the IRA and other radical groups were somehow tricked into joining, that they were naïve, that a man was somewhere in the background pulling the strings."

    April 8, 2021  By Flynn Berry
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    How to Balance Worldbuilding and Action in Your Novel

    "Worldbuilding without action is boring, and action without worldbuilding is confusing."

    April 7, 2021  By Dan Stout
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    On The Voynich Manuscript, the Most Indecipherable Coded Text Ever Discovered

    In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer found a manuscript written in a unique language. To this day, it has yet to be deciphered.

    April 7, 2021  By Edward Brooke-Hitching
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    Characters That Are So Bad, They're Great

    "I love writing the colder, crueller beings."

    April 7, 2021  By Adele Parks
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    Scary Times Call for Scary Reads

    When life gets tough, some readers look for books about ghosts, monsters, survival, and the terrifying unknown.

    April 7, 2021  By Jennifer McMahon
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    The Importance of Food in Fiction

    "Food denotes place. Food, from production to preparation to consumption involves all the senses."

    April 6, 2021  By Michael Sears
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    A Brief Moral History of Online Poker

    In the midst of the late aughts Financial Crisis, online poker reached its zenith. By 2013, the Golden Age of gaming was over. What happened?

    April 6, 2021  By Dario Diofebi
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    Why Murder Mysteries Are a Lot Like Science, According to a Neuroscientist and Novelist

    Modern science and the murder mystery have shared origins in the Enlightenment, and they both tell us something pivotal about consciousness.

    April 6, 2021  By Erik Hoel
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