How To Tell If Your Bucolic Small Town Is Actually a Gateway to Hell

How To Tell If Your Bucolic Small Town Is Actually a Gateway to Hell

On the perils of trusting what's just too good to be true

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Best Bank Robbery Masks in Crime Movies

Best Bank Robbery Masks in Crime Movies

Ex-presidents, clowns, hockey players, and more

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 26, 2025

Crime Writers Come Together in Support of Trans Rights

Crime Writers Come Together in Support of Trans Rights

From March 26th to March 31st, over 100 crime writers are participating in an auction to support the Transgender Law Center

By Molly Odintz | March 26, 2025

Chris Offutt on Outlaws, Scofflaws, and Kentucky Noir

Chris Offutt on Outlaws, Scofflaws, and Kentucky Noir

A conversation with the author of the new novel, 'The Reluctant Sheriff'

By Alex Dueben | March 26, 2025

The Age of Discontentment: Tess Gerritsen on Senior Crime Solvers and Subverting Expectations

The Age of Discontentment: Tess Gerritsen on Senior Crime Solvers and Subverting Expectations

The author discusses the latest novel in her new series, The Martini Club.

By John B. Valeri | March 26, 2025

America’s First Spy of World War II: Ernest Cuneo

America’s First Spy of World War II: Ernest Cuneo

How A Nazi Plan to Blow up New York City Was Investigated by Churchill’s Spies at Rockefeller Center and Roosevelt's Trusted Advisor

By Thomas Maier | March 26, 2025

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James Whitfield Thomson on His Decades-Long Search for Answers to His Sister's Death

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Mystery Fiction and the Multi-Level Marketing Scheme

Mystery Fiction and the Multi-Level Marketing Scheme

MLMs are now a staple of American culture. And they've inspired some really good books, too.

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Crime and the City: Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea

Crime and the City: Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea

Reading the crime fiction of Pom City.

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Which Kind of Martini is Each James Bond?

Which Kind of Martini is Each James Bond?

A drink menu of personality types!

By Olivia Rutigliano and John Buffalo Mailer | March 21, 2025

Great Middle Grade Mysteries for All Ages

Great Middle Grade Mysteries for All Ages

"When I thought about the readers I wanted to reach...I knew that a mystery was the way to grab them—and a series was the way to keep them reading."

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A Brief History of 1970s Disaster Movies

A Brief History of 1970s Disaster Movies

The special effects were sometimes lacking, but the stars sure turned out for these thrillers about things blowing up, catching fire, and falling apart.

By Keith Roysdon | March 21, 2025

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