Who is Dora Myrl, Victorian Lady Detective?

Who is Dora Myrl, Victorian Lady Detective?

This obscure detective character from 1899 speaks to the tension about a women's "place" in society.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2025

Dogs, Goats, Anteaters, Psychic Parrots: Cozy Mysteries Featuring Animals Other Than Cats

Dogs, Goats, Anteaters, Psychic Parrots: Cozy Mysteries Featuring Animals Other Than Cats

Allison Brook Recommends Critter-centric Cozies by Lorien Berenson, Donna Andrews, Janna Rollins, and More

By Allison Brook | October 22, 2025

Healing Homicides in One's Head: The Cathartic Experience of Writing Transgressive Characters

Healing Homicides in One's Head: The Cathartic Experience of Writing Transgressive Characters

Lynn Liao Butler Asks What Would Happen If We Did and Said the Things We Think in Private

By Lyn Liao Butler | October 22, 2025

All the Other times the Louvre was Robbed

All the Other times the Louvre was Robbed

I'm detecting a pattern...

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 21, 2025

Sapphic Sleuths, Magicians, Lesbian Nuns, and More: Eight Queer Mysteries for Every Mood

Sapphic Sleuths, Magicians, Lesbian Nuns, and More: Eight Queer Mysteries for Every Mood

Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor Recommend Quozies by Hannah Hendy, Margot Douaihy, Tess Sharpe, and Others

By CrimeReads | October 21, 2025

Love Thy Neighbor, and Watch Thy Back: Why Neighbors Kill Each Other in Literature (and Life)

Love Thy Neighbor, and Watch Thy Back: Why Neighbors Kill Each Other in Literature (and Life)

Chuck Storla on Writing a Charming Tale of Suburban Murder

By Chuck Storla | October 21, 2025

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Behind the Screams: Ashley Cullins Unmasks Your Favorite Scary Movie Franchise

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C.M. Kushins Explores a Style-defining Political Project from a Western Crime Legend

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Digital Gold, Different Rules: How Japan's Cryptocurrency Hacks Reveals a Nation's Two-Tiered Justice System

Digital Gold, Different Rules: How Japan's Cryptocurrency Hacks Reveals a Nation's Two-Tiered Justice System

"The cracks started small—like most disasters...Somewhere in the wires, millions of bitcoins had vanished."

By Jake Adelstein | October 17, 2025

Mediums, Secret Societies, Hell Princes: Seven Novels Featuring Demons and Possession

Mediums, Secret Societies, Hell Princes: Seven Novels Featuring Demons and Possession

K. Valentin Recommends Increasingly Macabre Books from Em X. Liu, Henry H. Neff, Martha Wells, and More

By K. Valentin | October 17, 2025

Mysteries Abroad: Sixteen Cozy Novels that Feature Travel and International Intrigue

Mysteries Abroad: Sixteen Cozy Novels that Feature Travel and International Intrigue

Lucy Connelly Offers Readers a Literary Travel Itinerary

By Lucy Connelly | October 17, 2025

Olivia Rutigliano Talks to Caroline Reitz About Female Anger and Crime Fiction

Olivia Rutigliano Talks to Caroline Reitz About Female Anger and Crime Fiction

A conversation about contemporary politics, feminism, murder, rage, Sara Paretsky, Audre Lorde, "You," tradwives, and more!

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 16, 2025

Quaint Kills: Martha Waters on Creating the Quintessential Murder Village in Cozy Mysteries

Quaint Kills: Martha Waters on Creating the Quintessential Murder Village in Cozy Mysteries

The Author of "And Then There Was the One" on Why the Village Setting Works So Well in Cozies

By Martha Waters | October 16, 2025

Which Horror Novel Should You Read Next, Based On Your Favorite A24 Horror Film?

Which Horror Novel Should You Read Next, Based On Your Favorite A24 Horror Film?

Carson Faust recommends the best books to pick after binging your favorite horror flicks

By Carson Faust | October 16, 2025

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