Constructing a Fictional Serial Killer

Constructing a Fictional Serial Killer

How California's most notorious killers helped inspire Omar Hussain's debut novel.

By Omar Hussain | April 10, 2025

Small Towns and Murder Mysteries: An Enduring Fascination

Small Towns and Murder Mysteries: An Enduring Fascination

Kelly Mullen on Villisca, Iowa and the The Villisca Axe Murders

By Kelly Mullen | April 10, 2025

Wes Anderson Has Made a Crime Movie! Possibly!

Wes Anderson Has Made a Crime Movie! Possibly!

"The Phoenician Scheme" is an espionate/heist comedy... we think.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 9, 2025

Lost Grandeur: Decaying Settings in Fiction         

Lost Grandeur: Decaying Settings in Fiction         

"There’s just something about the feeling of a place that has been deeply neglected..."

By C.J. Dotson | April 9, 2025

Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

Zee Carlstrom on writing more interesting characters.

By Zee Carlstrom | April 9, 2025

Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

"[E]very word is fighting for space on the page and on the screen...I get in, I say what I need to, and I get out."

By Jenny Bartoy | April 9, 2025

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Remembering the Bleak, Beautiful Poetry of Ken Bruen's Noir

Remembering the Bleak, Beautiful Poetry of Ken Bruen's Noir

Bruen wrote unflinchingly of the darkest parts of society, and his Jack Taylor series was the epitome of noir style.

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High Net Worth Victims: Why We Love our Murderees to be Filthy Rich

High Net Worth Victims: Why We Love our Murderees to be Filthy Rich

"Killing the rich—in literature at least—appears to come with a built-in motive, one that likely implicates us all."

By Matt Plass | April 7, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Point of Origin: David Handler on Flashing Back to the Beginnings of Hoagy, Lulu & Friends

Point of Origin: David Handler on Flashing Back to the Beginnings of Hoagy, Lulu & Friends

The author discusses his latest mystery.

By John B. Valeri | April 5, 2025

A Quest for a Loyal <em>Dracula</em> Adaptation

A Quest for a Loyal Dracula Adaptation

A fan's cry for textual accuracy

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 4, 2025

Murder and “Mitteleuropa” in Agatha Christie

Murder and “Mitteleuropa” in Agatha Christie

A survey of Christie's characters hailing from Central Europe.

By Naomi Kaye | April 4, 2025

‘Weasels Ripped My Flesh’ and Other Men’s Adventure Magazine Legends

‘Weasels Ripped My Flesh’ and Other Men’s Adventure Magazine Legends

Tales from the world of resurgent interest in those midcentury magazines with outlandish headlines and legions of readers.

By Keith Roysdon | April 4, 2025

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