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How Charles Dickens Presaged the Rise of True Crime Podcasts
Barnaby Rudge
was a new kind of 'crime' story, with an unresolved murder tale which unfolded orally and serially. Today's podcasters are chasing the same magic.
By
Susan Cook
| February 13, 2020
The True Crimes of Dallas: A Lifetime's Obssesion
An author's enduring interest in hometown crime
By
Kathleen Kent
| February 11, 2020
My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy
In 1943, a Harvard librarian was quietly recruited by the OSS to save the scattered books of Europe.
By
Kathy Peiss
| February 5, 2020
Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character
From 1950s L.A. to Savannah's iconic squares, these books bring time and place alive in unforgettable ways.
By
Sarah Pinborough
| February 4, 2020
The Elusive Crime Novels of Prague
Crime and the City visits the land of Kafka and asks why more Czech mysteries aren't translated into English.
By
Paul French
| January 27, 2020
Women Writers Are Bringing New Mystery to the Old West
There's a new generation of western mystery series.
By
Ann Parker
| January 27, 2020
Best Reviewed
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What We Write About When We Write About the Past
By
Raymond Fleishchmann
| January 24, 2020
In Praise of the Richly Detailed Historical Crime Novel
By
Burt Solomon
| January 22, 2020
The Horrors and Ironies of Solovetsky Prison
By
James L. May
| January 17, 2020
The New Gothic: Feminist and Unapologetic
Tracing the Evolution of Gothic Heroines from the Mid-20th Century to the Present Day Through 7 Novels
By
Kim Taylor Blakemore
| January 17, 2020
The Shadowy Noir of the Post-War Thriller
From the end of the war to the Cuban missile crisis, crime fiction is the perfect space to ponder the long aftermath of WWII.
By
M. L. Huie
| January 16, 2020
Reviving the Traditional Mystery for a 21st Century Audience
Traditional mysteries used to be all about restoring the status quo. Now, they're just about good people, striving.
By
Sulari Gentill
| January 8, 2020
Mysteries Between the Wars
Capturing the Zeitgeist of the Early 20th Century in Fiction and Film
By
Eliza Casey
| January 8, 2020
Why Writers Love Villains
From the Book of Genesis to contemporary crime writing, a look at why "trouble is always the most interesting element in any story."
By
Sterling Watson
| January 7, 2020
Saint Petersburg: City of Revolution...and Crime Fiction
The world's most northerly big city has a reputation for chilly noirs.
By
Paul French
| January 6, 2020
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction
Revolutionary Fervor, Enlightenment Woes, Gothic Romance, and Jazz-Age Mysteries Galore
By
Molly Odintz
| December 20, 2019
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