• Mystery

    The Golden Age Detective Fiction Renaissance

    How Agatha Christie and her Golden Age cohorts came back into fashion, and why that's reviving the traditional mystery.

    September 17, 2019  By Martin Edwards
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    50 Years Ago, Scooby Doo Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

    An unlikely gang of mystery-solvers set out to change the world.

    September 13, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

    In a tumultuous era, a kids mystery show stirred up the old questions—and the atmosphere—of gothic storytelling.

    September 13, 2019  By Eleni Theodoropoulos
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    In Defense of The Sheriff of Nottingham

    Or, how to write villains with empathy (but no excuses)

    September 12, 2019  By Nathan Makaryk
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    The Crime Novels of WWII

    How Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Hughes, and other crime icons addressed (or didn't) the war in crime fiction.

    September 11, 2019  By James R. Benn
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    4 Iconic Crime Protagonists Who Are Even More Memorable Than Their Stories

    On character being more affecting than plot

    September 11, 2019  By Thomas Kies
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    The Best 1990s Rom-Coms Are Detective Stories in Disguise

    Because what is love if not a complete mystery?  

    September 10, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Visiting The Hamptons (Through Crime Fiction)

    New York's summer retreat is more than pristine beaches and seaside cottages—it's also a good setting for crime novels.

    September 4, 2019  By Paul French
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    Crime Novels in the Age of Prohibition

    Experience Jazz Age grit and glamor with these brassy mysteries.

    September 4, 2019  By Ashley Weaver
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    10 New Books You Should Read This September

    The Month's Best in Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

    September 3, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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