• Features

    The 5 Best Books About Dysfunctional Rich Families

    "They may have a lot more money than me, you think, but at least they’re unhappy."

    February 26, 2020  By Joseph Finder
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    Gothic Themes Bring Us Together

    Everyone loves Gothic tropes: dark mansions, misty moors, and creepy families with lots of secrets

    February 26, 2020  By Catherine Cavendish
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    A Brief History of
    After-Hours Clubs

    How new music, new drugs, and new communities sprang up in the legal gray zone known as the 'after-hours club.'

    February 26, 2020  By Terry Williams
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    How to Turn A Man into a Legend

    Why I chose to take real-life Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, drop him in the middle of the Harlem Renaissance, and have him solve a murder.

    February 25, 2020  By Gary Phillips
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    The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

    History teaches us there are five rules to getting away with murder.

    February 25, 2020  By Laura James
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    The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre

    The use—and misuse—of mental health disorders in crime fiction.

    February 25, 2020  By Peter Swanson
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    A Reading List for Logging Off

    8 books that will make you never want to look at your phone again.

    February 25, 2020  By Kathleen Barber
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    People v. Gillette: How an Obscure Execution in the Finger Lakes Inspired Generations of Storytellers

    The Long Cultural Afterlife of a Horrifying Crime

    February 24, 2020  By S.L. McInnis
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    Bullying Has Always Been Bad. Social Media Makes It Worse.

    An Icelandic crime writer reflects on the changing nature of bullying, now one of society's greatest ills.

    February 24, 2020  By Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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    The Cozy Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest

    In Oregon and Washington, the forests are dense, the rain is consistent, and the small-town mysteries are full of charm.

    February 24, 2020  By Nancy Coco
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