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Who's Queer in Christie?

Who's Queer in Christie?

"Once you know what to look for...queer characters start peeking out of many of Christie’s mysteries."

By Katharine Schellman | June 7, 2022

All Tied Up with a Bow: Sulari Gentill On Endings

All Tied Up with a Bow: Sulari Gentill On Endings

"For a mystery novel the answer is simple—the mystery must be solved. But what exactly does that entail?"

By Sulari Gentill | June 7, 2022

Kathmandu: Murder in the Mountain Kingdom

Kathmandu: Murder in the Mountain Kingdom

Crime and the City visits Nepal's capital, finding a spiritual homeland, a notorious serial killer, and lots of backpacker noir.

By Paul French | June 6, 2022

Martin Edwards: My Life In Crime

Martin Edwards: My Life In Crime

The Golden Age crime fiction expert on his new book about the history of detective fiction.

By Martin Edwards | June 3, 2022

How Agatha Christie's Deep Respect for Science Helped Her Mysteries Stand the Test of Time

How Agatha Christie's Deep Respect for Science Helped Her Mysteries Stand the Test of Time

A careful consideration of the forensic sciences in mystery's most enduring novels.

By Carla Valentine | June 3, 2022

Seven Suspenseful Novels In Which Paradise Is Not What It Seems

Seven Suspenseful Novels In Which Paradise Is Not What It Seems

"What is it about the concept of paradise that inspires dark fiction?"

By Laura Griffin | June 1, 2022

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7 cozy series from the Southeast Coast

By Alicia Bessette | June 1, 2022

What Is It Like to Live in One of the Oldest Houses in America?

By Glenn Cooper | May 31, 2022

Crime Novels With a Strong Sense of Place and Inimitable Atmosphere

By Matt Goldman | May 31, 2022

Writing Genre: Bending Stories that Integrate Romance, Fantasy, and Mystery

Writing Genre: Bending Stories that Integrate Romance, Fantasy, and Mystery

Lana Harper on blurring the boundaries between genres

By Lana Harper | May 27, 2022

Why I Quit Writing Screenplays and Wrote a Novel

Why I Quit Writing Screenplays and Wrote a Novel

"A book lives on a bookshelf, in a book store, placed next to books by other writers, and the only collaboration is the one between the writer and the reader."

By P. David Ebersole | May 27, 2022

Representation Matters, or, a Story in Edits

Representation Matters, or, a Story in Edits

On word choice and whiteness in publishing.

By Sandra S. G. Wong | May 26, 2022

An Interview With Tim Maskell, Location Manager for <em>Shetland</em>

An Interview With Tim Maskell, Location Manager for Shetland

“The stories of Shetland are impossible to imagine apart from their setting, steeped as they are in the islands’ brooding skies, barren landscape, and ever-present sea.”

By Frederick Weisel | May 23, 2022

How Do You Decolonize the Golden Age Mystery? Read More Historical Fiction!

How Do You Decolonize the Golden Age Mystery? Read More Historical Fiction!

"Our view of any age is limited by what the writers of that age can see of it, and no writer ever has access to all of it at once."

By Christopher Huang | May 20, 2022

When Animals Do the Sleuthing

When Animals Do the Sleuthing

Seven Cozies with Animals Solving Crimes

By Deborah Blake | May 20, 2022

Suspects & Suspicion: What Jane Austen Teaches Us About Who (And Who Not) To Trust

Suspects & Suspicion: What Jane Austen Teaches Us About Who (And Who Not) To Trust

"What is one obvious quality that nearly all of Austen’s rogues have in common? Charm."

By Claudia Gray | May 19, 2022

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