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    Four Popular Mystery Tropes and Why We Love Them

    Four Popular Mystery Tropes and Why We Love Them

    Katie Garner on isolated islands, unreliable narrators, and more.

    By Katie Garner | June 28, 2023

    5 Books That Mess With Time

    5 Books That Mess With Time

    "[I]f you’re experiencing déjà vu right now, maybe in another timeline you’ve already read my list..."

    By Jimmy Juliano | June 28, 2023

    The Bizarre, True Story of the World's Greatest Living Art Thief

    The Bizarre, True Story of the World's Greatest Living Art Thief

    Is stealing a work of art ever excusable? One master thief claims yes.

    By Michael Finkel | June 27, 2023

    In These Thrillers, the Setting Becomes a Pivotal Character

    In These Thrillers, the Setting Becomes a Pivotal Character

    "It’s a beautiful place, but also one where people get hurt. Where people go missing. Where people disappear."

    By Catherine McKenzie | June 27, 2023

    Killers with a Code

    Killers with a Code

    Heather Chavez on some of fiction's most memorable assassins and vigilantes.

    By Heather Chavez | June 27, 2023

    Women Detectives Who Changed the Game

    Women Detectives Who Changed the Game

    Across eras, women detectives have been on the case and transforming the literature.

    By Julia Seales | June 27, 2023

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    A Reading List of Troubled Girls

    By Samantha Leach | June 26, 2023

    Bologna: Crime Fiction in the Red City

    By Paul French | June 26, 2023

    Amanda Linsmeier and Amy Goldsmith On Writing Horror for a YA Audience

    By Amanda Linsmeier and Amy Goldsmith | June 26, 2023

    How Cormac McCarthy Used Crime Fiction’s Tropes to Make Masterpieces

    How Cormac McCarthy Used Crime Fiction’s Tropes to Make Masterpieces

    On the author's evolving style and journeys through the darkness.

    By Nick Kolakowski | June 23, 2023

    Current Trans-Hysteria Mirrors Jekyll and Hyde

    Current Trans-Hysteria Mirrors Jekyll and Hyde

    "Today, anti-queer legislation is fueled by...a fear of anything “transformed" beyond “social norms.”

    By Jill Dearman | June 23, 2023

    Five Riveting Thrillers Unfolding in Wooded Isolation

    Five Riveting Thrillers Unfolding in Wooded Isolation

    Kate Robards on the deep, dark woods of the imagination.

    By Kate Robards | June 23, 2023

    Panic Like It’s 1999: <em>Analyze This</em>, <em>The Sopranos</em>, and Mob Men in Therapy

    Panic Like It’s 1999: Analyze This, The Sopranos, and Mob Men in Therapy

    The Sopranos and Analyze This lay bare how mobster characters...are often the personification of a problematic vision of American masculinity."">"The Sopranos and Analyze This lay bare how mobster characters...are often the personification of a problematic vision of American masculinity."

    By Devin McGrath-Conwell | June 22, 2023

    The Five Best Debut Novels of the Month

    The Five Best Debut Novels of the Month

    June's best first novels from the world of crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | June 22, 2023

    The Backlist: Revisiting Dorothy Sayers’ “The Man Who Knew How” with Liv Constantine

    The Backlist: Revisiting Dorothy Sayers’ “The Man Who Knew How” with Liv Constantine

    Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, returning to some of their favorite books.

    By Polly Stewart | June 22, 2023

    Clémence Michallon On the Ethics of Writing Violence and the Banality of Serial Killers

    Clémence Michallon On the Ethics of Writing Violence and the Banality of Serial Killers

    "I was trying to depict a serial killer as they exist in the real world. They're usually just some guy. Some unimpressive person."

    By Kate Brody | June 21, 2023

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