• Features

    Sherlock Holmes in the World

    R.P. O'Donnell on Victorian era London and the strange circumstances that demanded a character like Sherlock Holmes.

    March 17, 2025  By R.P. O'Donnell
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    5 Novels About Government Betrayal, Corruption, and Abuses of Power 

    "How can we convince more people to stand up for the rights of others? Maybe the answer lies in reading stories about all the ways power can be abused."

    March 17, 2025  By Jacqueline Friedland
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    Criminals Don’t Take Holidays, Or, A Crime Writer's Take on St. Patrick's Day

    "Whatever the reason, crime and holidays often go together."

    March 17, 2025  By Norman Birnbach and Tilia Klebenov Jacobs
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    Chekhov's Nail Gun: Lethal Weapon 2 and the Calibration of Expectations

    Olivia Rutigliano on one of the cleverest sequels in action movie history

    March 14, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

    Aggie Blum Thompson on the art of the late chapter reveal.

    March 14, 2025  By Aggie Blum Thompson
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    Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

    "When an author draws upon real science—rather than “in a galaxy far, far away—where does the known world end and the imagined one begin?"

    March 14, 2025  By Michael Nayak
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    A Whodunnit, according to The Far Side

    Gary Larson's legendary cartoon contains a perfect conceit for a mystery

    March 13, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Best Psychological Thrillers of March 2025

    Featuring failed pop stars, reclusive writers, secretive billionaires, prying sleuths, and post-menopausal assassins

    March 13, 2025  By Molly Odintz
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    Jacqueline Faber: Rewriting Kitty Genovese on the 61st Anniversary of Her Murder

    Kitty Genovese's death was framed as the cost of urban callousness. But the true story is far more complicated—and contains far more humanity.

    March 13, 2025  By Jacqueline Faber
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    How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

    The author of 'Creep' reflects on her journey.

    March 13, 2025  By Emma van Straaten
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