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Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

"[T]here needs to be a tacit acknowledgement...that author and reader are both in on the same joke. And it is a joke."

By Daisy Waugh | November 22, 2021

The Downstairs World: A Fascinating Setting for a Murder Mystery Sleuth

The Downstairs World: A Fascinating Setting for a Murder Mystery Sleuth

There's no better sleuth for an interwar novel than a housekeeper.

By Colleen Cambridge | November 22, 2021

Making Good out of Murder: On Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, Crime Reporters and Crime Writers

Making Good out of Murder: On Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, Crime Reporters and Crime Writers

In the 1930s, crime reporters and spouses Bristow and Manning turned their New Orleans crime beat into fertile fodder for fiction.

By Curtis Evans | November 18, 2021

What We Owe To The Victorians

What We Owe To The Victorians

Modern sanitation, fast transit, global communications, and so much more...

By Emily Brightwell | November 18, 2021

A Rogues Gallery of Restoration England

A Rogues Gallery of Restoration England

Late 1670s London was full of larger-than-life characters. Here are 10 of the strangest.

By Robert Lloyd | November 16, 2021

The Timeless Mystery (Books) of Savannah, Georgia

The Timeless Mystery (Books) of Savannah, Georgia

Cozy mysteries, gothic novels, and true crime juggernauts—all inspired by a city awash in history.

By Paul French | November 15, 2021

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By Amy Pershing | November 15, 2021

Conan Doyle's Children, Or, Thoughts on the Competition

By Nicholas Meyer | November 12, 2021

Shop Talk: Rachel Howzell Hall Writes Longhand, Loves Office Supplies, and Has One Magical Story About a Lost Manuscript

By Eli Cranor | November 11, 2021

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

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

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

“Columbo” got a trial run on “Alfred Hitchcock” – and so did his first quarry.

By Keith Roysdon | November 4, 2021

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