Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

"The psychic burden would’ve been too great if I’d written the story as memoir."

By Chris Cander | February 1, 2024

Blizzard

Blizzard

Marie Vingtras, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman

By CrimeReads Excerpts | January 31, 2024

Older Women Make the Best Sleuths and Spies (And Criminals)

Older Women Make the Best Sleuths and Spies (And Criminals)

When we age into invisibility, we can get away with anything...

By CJ Wray | January 31, 2024

Electric Blue: A Personal Journey Through 'Sea of Love' and the 1980s NYC Dating Scene

Electric Blue: A Personal Journey Through 'Sea of Love' and the 1980s NYC Dating Scene

Michael Gonzales on the neo-noir classic.

By Michael Gonzales | January 31, 2024

Murder Mysteries, Magic, and Mashups

Murder Mysteries, Magic, and Mashups

Or, How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Embrace the Crossover

By Andrea Tang | January 31, 2024

Planes, Trains, and Homicides: Murder Mysteries in Transport

Planes, Trains, and Homicides: Murder Mysteries in Transport

Benjamin Stevenson breaks down the charms of a moving mystery.

By Benjamin Stevenson | January 30, 2024

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Haute Couture and High Misogyny: The Bad Guys of 1970s Fashion

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Inviting Nature Onto The Page

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Requiem for "Hightown," a Queer Noir About the Rot Beneath Paradise

The Provincetown-set noir begins its third and final season.

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Adam Plantinga on Law Enforcement, Thrillers, and Writing Communities

Adam Plantinga on Law Enforcement, Thrillers, and Writing Communities

Author Plantinga makes the transition from nonfiction to novels.

By John B. Valeri | January 26, 2024

Everything I Know About Noir I Learned From Michael Mann

Everything I Know About Noir I Learned From Michael Mann

Working on set with Mann was a master class in gritty storytelling

By Gordon Greisman | January 26, 2024

Decolonizing the Gothic

Decolonizing the Gothic

"Gothic literature—with its haunted homes, lonely landscapes, broken characters and longing borne of deep despair—has always been a universal story, not a western one."

By Shubnum Khan | January 25, 2024

The Comfort of Cozies

The Comfort of Cozies

Joyce Tremel asks around the cozy mystery community to find out all the reasons readers return to these gems again and again.

By Joyce Tremel | January 25, 2024

Cozy Sleuths with Moxie: An Appreciation and Reading List

Cozy Sleuths with Moxie: An Appreciation and Reading List

These characters are done being doormats and ready to use their wit and wiles to stand up for themselves and their communities

By Gabby Allan | January 25, 2024

The 20 Best, Worst, and Strangest Hercule Poirot Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked

The 20 Best, Worst, and Strangest Hercule Poirot Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked

Peter Ustinov, Albert Finney, John Malkovich and more!

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 24, 2024

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