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They Get the Assignment: Alison Gaylin's Favorite Fictional Female Detectives

They Get the Assignment: Alison Gaylin's Favorite Fictional Female Detectives

These PIs move through the world with their own style.

By Alison Gaylin | September 12, 2024

Not Just Fargo: Why Minnesota Makes the Perfect Setting for Crime Fiction

Not Just Fargo: Why Minnesota Makes the Perfect Setting for Crime Fiction

"Hotdish and hot tempers. The shocking red of blood against flat white snow. Threatening words delivered in a cheery accent"

By Caroline Woods | September 11, 2024

Reinstating Mystery to the Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde

Reinstating Mystery to the Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde

The case for considering the classic story as crime fiction

By Tim Major | September 5, 2024

Attica Locke: That’s a Wrap

Attica Locke: That’s a Wrap

With 'Guide Me Home', Attica Locke Concludes Her Highway 59 Series Featuring Texas Ranger Darren Mathews

By Nancie Clare | September 3, 2024

What is a Screwball Thriller?

What is a Screwball Thriller?

"The exact recipe: one cup of zany, a pinch of parody, a dash of humor, and a quarter cup of thriller."

By Sandra Block | September 3, 2024

Why Our Fascination with Urban Legends Will Never Die

Why Our Fascination with Urban Legends Will Never Die

"What if, just this once, the legend is real?"

By Vincent Ralph | August 30, 2024

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Fiona Barton on Women Journalists in Crime Fiction

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Criminally Beautiful: Crime Novels with a Focus on Nature

Criminally Beautiful: Crime Novels with a Focus on Nature

"Nature can be a helpful accomplice or a wicked adversary."

By Ayla Rose | August 23, 2024

Ludicrous But Memorable: Agatha Christie’s <em>The Big Four</em>

Ludicrous But Memorable: Agatha Christie’s The Big Four

Curtis Evans on the least-well-liked of Christie's Poirot novels

By Curtis Evans | August 22, 2024

The Dynamism of Growth: William Kent Krueger on Milestones and Making the Familiar Fresh Again

The Dynamism of Growth: William Kent Krueger on Milestones and Making the Familiar Fresh Again

The author discusses 20 novels with Cork O'Connor

By John B. Valeri | August 21, 2024

The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

Cousin to the metaphysical detective novel, the antidetective story casts doubt on "detection itself"

By Eugenie Montague | August 20, 2024

Thrillers in Which Characters Actually Get to Have Fun

Thrillers in Which Characters Actually Get to Have Fun

Rachel Koller Croft on crime fiction characters who can chill

By Rachel Koller Croft | August 20, 2024

Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

Morgan Richter on books "in which two genres caress, not collide."

By Morgan Richter | August 20, 2024

Murder in the Spotlight: Theatrical Mysteries You'll Love

Murder in the Spotlight: Theatrical Mysteries You'll Love

Playwright-turned-mystery-novelist M.S. Greene on tales of "deadly dramatics"

By M.S. Greene | August 19, 2024

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