• Legal/Procedural

    Mystery in the Mountains: 10 Novels Set in the High Country of the American West

    In these mysteries, the rugged terrain and unforgiving elements become characters central to the story.

    September 16, 2021  By Margaret Mizushima
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    How The French Connection Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

    William Friedkin's 1971 masterpiece is all about the chase. That's what distinguishes it from everything that came before and after.

    September 2, 2021  By Chris McGinley
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    A New Wave of Crime Fiction Explores Collective Guilt and Individual Complicity

    Crime fiction is working to represent a more abstract antagonist—institutions and ideologies that perpetuate violence—and a harder-to-pin form of guilt: complicity.

    August 10, 2021  By Ashley Winstead
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    The Rise of Welsh Crime Fiction

    A country of just over three million people is producing a good deal of the world's most addictive crime fiction.

    August 9, 2021  By Paul French
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    Drama in the Court: A Brief History of the Legal Thriller

    From Wilkie Collins to John Grisham to Lisa Scottoline, a look at the evolution of a singular genre.

    August 2, 2021  By Manning Wolfe
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    The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

    In 1936, Erle Stanley Gardner was thinking of killing off his most famous character. Instead, he created a new kind of lawyer.

    July 2, 2021  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

    Obsessives and eccentrics populate the fishing world. You better know your stuff if you're going to set your crime fiction there.

    June 29, 2021  By John Galligan
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    Immortalizing Jack Reacher

    Authors of long-running series face a difficult question: how should their characters age?

    June 28, 2021  By J.A. Crawford
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    Bosch Season 7 Preview: In a Changed World, How Should We Feel About Police Shows?

    What to expect from the new, final season of the hit series from Michael Connelly and company.

    June 24, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    How the Banning of Joyce's Ulysses Led to "The Grandest Obscenity Case in the History of Law and Literature"

    Morris Ernst knew he could win the case to "liberate" Joyce's famously banned novel. So he found a publisher, took a cut of the royalties, and had a copy sent by boat to America.

    June 22, 2021  By Samantha Barbas
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