Margot Douaihy's New York City Mystery

Margot Douaihy's New York City Mystery

A formative friendship and a disappearance that still haunts.

By Margot Douaihy | June 30, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

A social climbing maid, or a bunch of zombie New Yorkers?

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 26, 2026

June's Best International Fiction

June's Best International Fiction

5 newly translated mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels to check out this month

By Molly Odintz | June 26, 2026

Keith Roysdon on the Genius of Rod Serling's Forgotten Suspense Radio Show

Keith Roysdon on the Genius of Rod Serling's Forgotten Suspense Radio Show

A retrospective on The Zero Hour and the 1970s rebirth of radio mystery dramas

By Keith Roysdon | June 25, 2026

Caroline Kepnes on Post-9/11 Fiction, Grief, and Returning to Joe Goldberg's Origin Story

Caroline Kepnes on Post-9/11 Fiction, Grief, and Returning to Joe Goldberg's Origin Story

The author of You First in conversation with John B. Valeri

By John B. Valeri | June 25, 2026

When is a Sports Mystery Not a Sports Mystery? When It's Greek Tragedy.

When is a Sports Mystery Not a Sports Mystery? When It's Greek Tragedy.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins on getting the world of athletics right

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins | June 24, 2026

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Trauma Talk: 4 Mystery Novels and Series Where the Protagonist Gets Therapy

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What Should You Watch This Weekend?

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5 Great Novels That Read Like Bad Trips, Fever Dreams, or Reality Warps

By Lindsay Kent | June 19, 2026

What to Watch Now, International Edition: Infernal Affairs (2002)

What to Watch Now, International Edition: Infernal Affairs (2002)

An iconic Hong Kong thriller.

By Radha Vatsal | June 18, 2026

(A.C.A.G.) All Cops Are Grotesque: Writing the Southern Gothic Police Officer

(A.C.A.G.) All Cops Are Grotesque: Writing the Southern Gothic Police Officer

"[M]oving from physical deformity to social deformity has given rise to...a surprising but perhaps inevitable evolution."

By T.J. Martinson | June 16, 2026

50 Years Later, Reconsidering Norman Mailer's Wild, Bloody Provincetown Noir

50 Years Later, Reconsidering Norman Mailer's Wild, Bloody Provincetown Noir

Scott Adlerberg on 'Tough Guys Don't Dance'

By Scott Adlerberg | June 15, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

Javier Bardem has some thoughts. But also, vampires! And gothic soft-core rain stuff!

By Dwyer Murphy | June 12, 2026

The Best Paperback Releases of June 2026

The Best Paperback Releases of June 2026

Featuring new-in-paperback releases from James Lee Burke, Andrea Bartz, Ella Berman, Peter Swanson, and more

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The Undeniable Bisexuality of Gilda

The Undeniable Bisexuality of Gilda

Making the case for the 1946 noir classic as an iconic queer film

By Alex Dueben | June 8, 2026

What's New to Streaming: June 5, 2026

What's New to Streaming: June 5, 2026

Featuring Nicholas Cage in a superhero noir.

By Radha Vatsal | June 5, 2026

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