• Features

    Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

    She was a senior intelligence analyst. He was a Moscow bureau chief. Now they're both writing spy thrillers.

    July 20, 2021  By Alma Katsu
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    Defections and Detections: How a Sprawling Soviet Atomic Spy Network Was First Exposed

    In postwar America, Soviet spies were busy gathering up atomic secrets. A series of defections soon threw the network into chaos.

    July 20, 2021  By Ann Hagedorn
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    The Story of 18th Century England's Booming Graverobbing Industry, and the Man Who Inspired 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'

    John Hunter was one of the era's foremost anatomists and surgeons. He was also the premier customer for stolen bodies.

    July 20, 2021  By Sam Kean
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    Thomas Gilbert and the Murder That Brought Down One of New York's Most Privileged Families

    A dispute over a son's allowance led one elite family to murder.

    July 20, 2021  By John Glatt
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    Crime Fiction in San Francisco: From Barbary Coast to Tech Noir

    The City by the Bay has a literary tradition like no other.

    July 19, 2021  By Paul French
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    July 19, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    We Need More Victim-Focused Narratives

    Fiction is the perfect medium for exploring the long shadows of terrible crimes—so why aren't there more stories told by survivors?

    July 19, 2021  By Amanda Kabak
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    The Internet Made Crime Public. That's When Things Got Complicated.

    Amateur sleuths are everywhere online, and sometimes they're altering the course of investigations.

    July 19, 2021  By Rozlan Mohd Noor
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    Carolyn Ferrell on Church, Belonging, and Holding onto Humanity in the Face of Erasure

    In writing a novel about three kidnapped girls, Ferrell found new meaning in the power of community.

    July 16, 2021  By Carolyn Ferrell
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    The Needle and the Damage Done: The Genius of Robert Stone’s Dog Soldiers

    Stone's tale of heroin, smugglers, and moral striving remains one of the most relevant American crime novels ever written.

    July 16, 2021  By Bruce Riordan
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