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Crime and the City: Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

Crime and the City: Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

Exploring the crime fiction of a rough and tumble Navy town and the nearby island retreat.

By Paul French | December 4, 2023

<em>The Mysterious Mr. Badman</em> Is A Masterpiece of Macabre Humor

The Mysterious Mr. Badman Is A Masterpiece of Macabre Humor

Martin Edwards restores a long-forgotten crime novel to the prominence it deserves

By Martin Edwards | December 4, 2023

Troubled Teens in Crime Fiction

Troubled Teens in Crime Fiction

Five novels featuring teenage protagonists with complex relationships to the world around them

By Tessa Wegert | December 4, 2023

60 Years of 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'

60 Years of 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'

Paul Vidich and Joseph Kanon investigate the legacy of John le Carré's groundbreaking novel.

By Paul Vidich | December 1, 2023

Shop Talk: Michael Farris Smith on Learning the Habit of Writing

Shop Talk: Michael Farris Smith on Learning the Habit of Writing

Crime writers talk craft, raising kids, and working without a net.

By Eli Cranor | December 1, 2023

Tis the Season to be (Fictionally) Murdered

Tis the Season to be (Fictionally) Murdered

Catriona McPherson Chooses her Top Holiday Crime Novels

By Catriona McPherson | December 1, 2023

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All the (Crime) World's a Stage: The Irresistible Pairing of Mysteries and the Theater

By Martin Edwards | December 1, 2023

Beyond Treasure Island: A Brief Introduction to Pirates in Fiction

By Katherine Howe | November 30, 2023

Parties Gone Wrong: A Beloved Trope in Crime Fiction

By Harriet Tyce | November 30, 2023

7 Great Cozy Mysteries Set in the Fall

7 Great Cozy Mysteries Set in the Fall

Autumn is the season for sweaters, changing leaves, and curling up with a good mystery.

By Amber Camp | November 29, 2023

On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

Leslie Klinger on a lesser-known work by S.S. Van Dine and what "The Canary Murder Case" says about its detective and creator

By Leslie S. Klinger | November 29, 2023

Horror for the Holidays, Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

Horror for the Holidays, Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

"[C]orruption of love and kindness is the real horror": so just eat your aunt's pie, okay?

By Erika Johansen | November 29, 2023

The Orchestral Stirrings of <em>Death on the Down Beat</em>, a Musician's Murder Mystery

The Orchestral Stirrings of Death on the Down Beat, a Musician's Murder Mystery

On the well-known musician who brought something new to the world of Golden Age detective fiction, and his magnum opus.

By Martin Edwards | November 29, 2023

"The Mousetrap": Still Going Strong After 28,000 Performances

"[I]t does what theater is meant to do: engage our emotions, not just our little gray cells"

By Maya Corrigan | November 28, 2023

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder

Or, a list of mysteries in which bookish people must solve crimes at bookish events

By V. M. Burns | November 28, 2023

<em>The White Priory Murders</em>, A Christmas Mystery That Deserves To Be Remembered

The White Priory Murders, A Christmas Mystery That Deserves To Be Remembered

Martin Edwards considers a classic holiday murder mystery from the king of locked room crime novels, John Dickson Carr

By Martin Edwards | November 28, 2023

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