• Genres

    The Enduring Appeal of the Christiesque ‘Closed Circle’ Crime

    Cara Hunter on great mystery novels for those who love the iconic Christie setup.

    September 19, 2023  By Cara Hunter
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    Murder Ballads, the Original True Crime

    On the long tradition of folk music about crimes, used to help communities process trauma and memorialize victims.

    September 19, 2023  By Janet Beard
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    Crime Novels Featuring Interpreters, Transcribers, and Other Invisible Law Enforcement Professionals

    These thrillers aren't about the detectives.

    September 19, 2023  By Brooke Robinson
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    Port-au-Prince: Crime Fiction as a Window into a Nation’s Soul

    Crime and the City visits the Haitian capital.

    September 18, 2023  By Paul French
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    When Characters Fake Their Own Deaths

    Exploring pseudocide in fiction and film.

    September 18, 2023  By Manning Wolfe
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    Native American Literature: Tribes and Tribulations

    "As a part Eastern Band Cherokee writer, it can be a tightrope dance deciding what to present to the outside world."

    September 18, 2023  By Deborah J. Ledford
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    A Haunting in Venice is the Best of Kenneth Branagh's Poirot Adaptations, and an Engaging Film On Its Own

    Olivia Rutigliano on the newest Agatha Christie adaptation.

    September 15, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Jason Voorhees: Neurodivergent Icon?

    On finding empowerment and autistic representation in an unlikely source: Friday the 13th's iconic slasher

    September 15, 2023  By Mark Wheaton
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    The Freudian Gothic Fiction of Ira Levin

    "Behind the terse style, there is a poetry to the ironies of Levin’s plots, and there is a brutality that emerges from his intricate imagination."

    September 15, 2023  By James Reich
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    Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place, and the Birth of the Modern Serial Killer Novel

    Hughes' masterpiece was fresh, feminist, and ahead of its time.
    It's also extraordinarily chilling.

    September 15, 2023  By Laura Picklesimer
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