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What’s in the Shadows?

What’s in the Shadows?

What Artists like Monet, Renoir, Jacob Lawrence, and Other Masters Teach Mystery Writers about Crafting Villains

By Patricia Raybon | February 22, 2023

On Louis Malle and Childhood Under An Oppressive Regime

On Louis Malle and Childhood Under An Oppressive Regime

Or, What Au Revoir Les Enfants still has to teach us about innocence and complicity.

By Tara Ison | February 21, 2023

Why Mariah Fredericks Is Taking on the Lindbergh Kidnapping – From the Nanny's Perspective

Why Mariah Fredericks Is Taking on the Lindbergh Kidnapping – From the Nanny's Perspective

A new historical novel shines a new light on one of the world's most notorious crimes.

By Nancie Clare | February 17, 2023

5 Crime Novels That Deepen Our Understanding of Collective Trauma

5 Crime Novels That Deepen Our Understanding of Collective Trauma

Set in the aftermath of national tragedy, these books help readers contextualize societal wounds even as they explore compelling mysteries

By Frank Sennett | February 16, 2023

The Life and Legacy of James Ellroy

The Life and Legacy of James Ellroy

Steven Powell's new work on Ellroy is an ambitious biography and a fascinating glimpse into the mind of "the Demon Dog."

By Andrew Nette | February 10, 2023

Kwame Dawes on <em>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>

Kwame Dawes on The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Dawes, the great poet and critic, reflects on the legacy of the rhetorician and abolitionist Douglass, in the introduction to a new edition of his monumental autobiography

By Kwame Dawes | February 2, 2023

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Natasha Lester On Fashion, Historical Fiction, and Female Spies

By Molly Odintz | February 1, 2023

25 Historical Crime, Mystery, and Horror Novels to Look Forward To In 2023

By Molly Odintz | January 26, 2023

An Author's Guide to Stealing from the Books You Love

By Stephen Hunter | January 25, 2023

Does Historical Accuracy Matter in Historical Fiction?

Does Historical Accuracy Matter in Historical Fiction?

With fiction, the answers are never quite so simple.

By Mark Ellis | January 18, 2023

A Guide to Victorian Death Rites

A Guide to Victorian Death Rites

Laura Joh Rowland's illustrated guide to death in Victorian society.

By Laura Joh Rowland | January 11, 2023

My First Thriller: Diana Gabaldon

My First Thriller: Diana Gabaldon

Working the Night Shift

By Rick Pullen | January 6, 2023

The Most Glamorous Gang in London History

The Most Glamorous Gang in London History

On "Alice Diamond, Queen of Thieves, and her ‘girls’ from The Forty Thieves, who pilfered their way to notoriety in the first half of the twentieth century."

By Beezy Marsh | January 3, 2023

My Favorite Con Artists

My Favorite Con Artists

Victoria Thompson on some of history's most inventive swindlers, and the stories they passed down.

By Victoria Thompson | December 21, 2022

The Best Historical Fiction of The Year: 2022

The Best Historical Fiction of The Year: 2022

15 historically-set mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels that will take you from the 17th century to the 1960s.

By Molly Odintz | December 16, 2022

Wanda Morris On Bringing Together The Past and the Present

Wanda Morris On Bringing Together The Past and the Present

The author of Anywhere You Run talks historical fiction, modern parallels, and the through line of injustice.

By Molly Odintz | December 2, 2022

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