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How An Obsession With Art Crime Became a Thriller

How An Obsession With Art Crime Became a Thriller

Artist and author Jonathan Santlofer on the many works examining art fraud, theft, and looting that informed his new book

By Jonathan Santlofer | January 9, 2024

The Best Historical Fiction of 2023

The Best Historical Fiction of 2023

Spiritualists, Social Climbers, Serial Killers, and Plenty of Pirates

By Molly Odintz | December 20, 2023

Spiritualists and Tarot Readers Are Having A Moment

Spiritualists and Tarot Readers Are Having A Moment

Scammers, believers, and plenty of in-betweeners fill the pages of this year's gothic thrillers (and next)

By Molly Odintz | December 19, 2023

Historical Mysteries Set in Early America

Historical Mysteries Set in Early America

Other eras get the glamour, but early America was full of intrigue, and these novelists have taken great advantage.

By Mollie Ann Cox | December 12, 2023

Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era

Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era "Sin Strip"

Richard John Parfitt considers the intersections of trauma, geography, and storytelling

By Richard John Parfitt | December 7, 2023

Stephen Spotswood On

Stephen Spotswood On "Queering the Narrative of the Golden Age of America"

To write crime fiction about gay life in the 1950 is to write noir. But celebrating love is just as essential.

By Stephen Spotswood | December 5, 2023

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Beyond Treasure Island: A Brief Introduction to Pirates in Fiction

By Katherine Howe | November 30, 2023

Difficult Women In Historical Fiction: A Reading List

By Shelley Blanton-Stroud | November 14, 2023

The Regency Mystery Arrives to the Ball

By Celeste Connally | November 14, 2023

Finding Inspiration for Mystery Fiction in Soap Operas

Finding Inspiration for Mystery Fiction in Soap Operas

What Dallas and Dynasty Taught Vanessa Riley About Audience and Craft

By Vanessa Riley | October 24, 2023

5 Christmas Mysteries To Get You Ready for the Holiday Season

5 Christmas Mysteries To Get You Ready for the Holiday Season

We can't get enough crime at the holidays.

By Katharine Schellman | October 23, 2023

6 Thrilling Reads That Blend Folklore and Horror

6 Thrilling Reads That Blend Folklore and Horror

Allison Epstein on the intersection of terrifying traditions

By Allison Epstein | October 19, 2023

5 Historical Mysteries Featuring Unforgettable, Unconventional Women

5 Historical Mysteries Featuring Unforgettable, Unconventional Women

Transport yourself to a different time and place with historical fiction.

By Ritu Mukerji | October 18, 2023

America’s Obsession with Asylums

America’s Obsession with Asylums

Or, How Visiting an Abandoned Lunatic Asylum Laid the Foundation for a Young Adult Novel

By Tracy Hewitt Meyer | October 10, 2023

The Four Corners of Subjectivity

The Four Corners of Subjectivity

How do crime writers get readers to "care about" characters who do terrible things?

By Jake Lamar | October 6, 2023

When Contemporary Fiction Ages Into the Historical

When Contemporary Fiction Ages Into the Historical

What did the books we read when we were new writers teach us? Looking at circa 1990 mysteries as historical fiction.

By Heather Redmond | October 5, 2023

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