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The Rise of the London Police and the 1877 Scandal That Nearly Shut Down Scotland Yard

The Rise of the London Police and the 1877 Scandal That Nearly Shut Down Scotland Yard

The Trial of the Detectives

By Karen Odden | November 11, 2021

Code Blue: Ballard, Bosch and a City in Crisis in Michael Connelly's <em>The Dark Hours</em>

Code Blue: Ballard, Bosch and a City in Crisis in Michael Connelly's The Dark Hours

Connelly – the shadow historian for the LAPD and the city of Los Angeles – shows both institutions approaching a crisis point.

By Bruce Riordan | November 10, 2021

The Story of the Selkie: Eight Novels Based in Powerful Folklore

The Story of the Selkie: Eight Novels Based in Powerful Folklore

Half woman, half seal, they come from the sea and suffer injustice at the hands of men.

By Melanie Golding | November 10, 2021

Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

When the author of Sideways sent his papers off to be catalogued, he never expected to find inspiration for his next novel.

By Rex Pickett | November 9, 2021

Soft Boiled Mysteries for Women Over 50

Soft Boiled Mysteries for Women Over 50

"The soft-boiled genre is embedded firmly between the cozy and the hard-boiled, like middle-aged and elder women ensconced between siren and senior."

By Gabrielle St. George | November 8, 2021

The Psychology of Reading and Writing Crime Fiction

The Psychology of Reading and Writing Crime Fiction

What makes crime stories so therapeutic? Writer and family counselor Lynne Reeves has some theories.

By Lynne Reeves | November 8, 2021

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Columbo's First Case: How One of TV's Most Iconic Detectives Got His Start

By Keith Roysdon | November 4, 2021

What Agatha Christie's Novels—And Life—Have to Teach Today’s Crime Writers

By Lori Rader-Day | November 4, 2021

The Lure of Objects: On the Outsized Importance of Talismans and Symbols

By Heather Redmond | November 4, 2021

When Reality Is Too Strange To Make It Into Your Novel

When Reality Is Too Strange To Make It Into Your Novel

"You can't make this up": Anne Emery on the bizarre coincidences behind her latest historical mystery.

By Anne Emery | November 4, 2021

A Celebration of Sleuth-Mothers

A Celebration of Sleuth-Mothers

"Society often overlooks and even erases women caring for children...allow[ing] the sleuth-mother to observe and investigate in the shadows."

By Raquel V. Reyes | November 3, 2021

Ben and Stella Dickson: From Outlaws to Folk Heroes

Ben and Stella Dickson: From Outlaws to Folk Heroes

Bonnie and Clyde weren't the only couple robbing banks and capturing hearts in the 1930s.

By Dietrich Kalteis | November 3, 2021

6 Great Books Featuring Father-Daughter Relationships

6 Great Books Featuring Father-Daughter Relationships

Fictional families can be messy and twisted, but these books are dedicated to exploring complex and tender relationships over the destructive and perverse.

By Kimi Cunningham Grant | November 3, 2021

Masterful Mysteries Set in the Midwest

Masterful Mysteries Set in the Midwest

Crime fiction in America's Heartland

By Nicole Baart | November 2, 2021

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

An African capital with turbulent politics and an impressive literary output.

By Paul French | November 1, 2021

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

"We’re wired for small-scale, agonistic conflict, where we feel, at a gut level, that we have agency."

By Joy Castro | November 1, 2021

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