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Grant Morrison on Gender, Genre, and Drag

Grant Morrison on Gender, Genre, and Drag

"I suppose I see genre as a kind of literary Drag or Glamour"

By Molly Odintz | October 3, 2022

Jessica Fletcher. With a Robot. In Space.

Jessica Fletcher. With a Robot. In Space.

"Straddling between dark murder and lighthearted alien adventures was a real challenge..."

By Mur Lafferty | October 3, 2022

The Best New Crime Shows Coming in October

The Best New Crime Shows Coming in October

Are you ready for the new 'Magpie Murders' series? Your mother is.

By Dwyer Murphy | September 30, 2022

Why Cold War Noir is Back in Play

Why Cold War Noir is Back in Play

"[T]he Cold War is an extra character that serves as the best sort of Noir villain..."

By M. Z. Urlocker | September 30, 2022

On the Importance of Character and Setting

On the Importance of Character and Setting

Anne Emery on series that infuse their settings with character, and vice versa.

By Anne Emery | September 30, 2022

The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month

The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month

Featuring new books from Deanna Raybourn, Kate Atkinson, Richard Osman, and more.

By CrimeReads | September 29, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Complicated Life of Leo Marks

By Scott Adlerberg | September 29, 2022

Why Horror is Good for Your Mental Health

By Ainslie Hogarth | September 29, 2022

The Myth and the Reality of Violence in the Old West

By Chase Pletts | September 29, 2022

Alice in Murderland: On Crime Writer Alice Campbell

Alice in Murderland: On Crime Writer Alice Campbell

Meet Alice Dorothy Ormond Campbell, mistress of the atmospheric mystery.

By Curtis Evans | September 28, 2022

O Brother, Where Art Thou Contemporary Southern Women Writers?

O Brother, Where Art Thou Contemporary Southern Women Writers?

How the "And Flannery" affliction erases Southern women writers.

By Kelly J. Ford | September 28, 2022

Not Just Regency Romances: On The Napoleonic Wars and the Advent of High Tech Weapons

Not Just Regency Romances: On The Napoleonic Wars and the Advent of High Tech Weapons

"[A] number of our most frightening modern weapons had their beginnings in the Regency!"

By Andrea Penrose | September 28, 2022

Wait, What? A List of Psychological Thrillers with Gobsmacking Twists

Wait, What? A List of Psychological Thrillers with Gobsmacking Twists

These thrillers will leave you reeling and ready for more...

By Sarah Bonner | September 28, 2022

On Theda Bara and the Origins of the Vamp

On Theda Bara and the Origins of the Vamp

Or, How Rudyard Kipling Brought Sex to the Movies

By Michael Mayo | September 27, 2022

Ed Gein, inspiration for ‘Psycho’ and ‘Chainsaw,’ was a real-life horror show

Ed Gein, inspiration for ‘Psycho’ and ‘Chainsaw,’ was a real-life horror show

Keith Roysdon on the life and legacy of one of America's most notorious killers.

By Keith Roysdon | September 27, 2022

How Rudy Ruiz and His Neo-Western Aim to Change the Conversation About the U.S.-Mexico Border

How Rudy Ruiz and His Neo-Western Aim to Change the Conversation About the U.S.-Mexico Border

A Tortured History in the Valley of Shadows

By Rudy Ruiz | September 27, 2022

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