• Features

    Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

    Erle Stanley Gardner had an idea for a lawyer who liked to brawl on behalf of the little guy. 170 million copies later, he had an icon.

    June 18, 2020  By Lee Randall
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    Queer True Crime:
    A Reading List

    "Queer people have always had a relationship to crime—often by force rather than choice. Our very existence has been outlawed, criminalized, medicalized."

    June 18, 2020  By James Polchin
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    Are We Only Capable of Writing Liars?

    An author reflects on an attempt to write a truthful narrator.

    June 18, 2020  By Elizabeth Kay
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    8 Debut Novels You Should Read This June

    The month's best debuts in crime, mystery, and thrillers

    June 17, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Crime in a Tenured Position:
    The Feminist Mysteries of Carolyn Heilbrun

    As Amanda Cross, Carolyn Heilbrun used her Kate Fansler series to explore academia, politics, and modern womanhood.

    June 17, 2020  By Marlowe Benn
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    The Sufi Spy Who Fought The Fascists in Nazi-Occupied Paris

    Snapshot from History: Noor Inayat Khan, codename "Madeleine," arrives in France to join a resistance circle as a radio operator.

    June 17, 2020  By Arthur J. Magida
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    India's Most Celebrated Film Director Was Also a Bestselling Detective Novelist

    Reflecting on the brilliant career of Satyajit Ray

    June 17, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

    On death, preservation, genius, detectives, villages, and eighteenth-century graveyard poems

    June 16, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Unbearable Dread of the Slow-Burn Car Chase Scene

    Some car chases unfold at high speeds. Others take their time and trace their way into the dark corners of your soul.

    June 16, 2020  By Jessica Barry
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    The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

    In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller left Boston for Buenos Aires. Two weeks later, it was in Halifax with three brutally murdered. What happened on board was a deeply unsettling mystery.

    June 16, 2020  By Gerard Koeppel
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