• Features

    How 'Outer Banks' Became the New Generation's Hardy Boys

    The teen adventure series leans into a rich literary tradition.

    November 22, 2024  By Keith Roysdon
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    Maddie Day on Crafting Distinctive Settings for Cozy Mysteries

    Readers follow cozy series for the characters and the community—and setting is an integral part of that sense of character

    November 22, 2024  By Maddie Day
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    Researching the Historical Mystery Setting, or, The Importance of a Site Visit

    Exploring your setting IRL is the best way to get the details right—and the local experts on your side

    November 22, 2024  By Clara McKenna
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    10 of the Most Original Murders in Mystery

    Lucy Connelly on the most ingenious and novel killings in a long tradition of (fictional) killings.

    November 21, 2024  By Lucy Connelly
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    The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

    Megan Abbott and Polly Stewart revisit Johnson's bleak and wild portrait of humanity.

    November 21, 2024  By Polly Stewart
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    How Do You Punish a Machine?

    (And why would you need to?)

    November 21, 2024  By Graham Brown
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    The Ghosts of
    Tough Guys Don't Dance

    Norman Mailer's novel, and the film adaptation he directed himself, steep in noir so deeply that they flirt with horror.

    November 20, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    How the Modern History of Russia Is Explained by the Lives of Its Criminals

    In the new book 'Russia in Four Criminals,' Federico Varese lays out a compelling case for a new understanding of Russia and democracy.

    November 20, 2024  By Federico Varese
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    Hannah Martian on the Road from Baseball Broadcaster to Thriller Author

    And why Wyoming was key to it all.

    November 20, 2024  By Hannah Martian
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    Finding the Gothic in Arthurian Legends

    Sarah Jost on castles, romance, and madness in medieval tales and modern gothics

    November 20, 2024  By Sarah Jost
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