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To Really Understand Agatha Christie, You Need to Know About Poisons

To Really Understand Agatha Christie, You Need to Know About Poisons

From Belladonna to Strychnine, Christie filled her pages with sinister concoctions.

By Sarah Penner | March 8, 2021

Behind Enemy Lines: Women in Combat During World War II

Behind Enemy Lines: Women in Combat During World War II

Women served as snipers for Stalin, codebreakers for Churchill, and special operatives behind enemy lines across the board.

By Kelly Bowen | March 8, 2021

Six Movies (and One TV Show) Featuring Genetically Engineered Soldiers

Six Movies (and One TV Show) Featuring Genetically Engineered Soldiers

They've got plenty of skills. But can they find their humanity?

By Christine Feehan | March 8, 2021

A (Big) Dig Into the Roots of Boston Noir

A (Big) Dig Into the Roots of Boston Noir

Private eyes, priests, and public corruption. Boston has a noir all its own and a decades-long tradition.

By Luke Poling | March 5, 2021

Please Let Me Live In One of These Cool Houses Owned by Fictional Lady Spies

Please Let Me Live In One of These Cool Houses Owned by Fictional Lady Spies

All I want in this lifetime is M's master bathroom from Quantum of Solace

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 5, 2021

The Great, Mixed-Up Literary Tradition of Doppelgangers and Imposters

The Great, Mixed-Up Literary Tradition of Doppelgangers and Imposters

"There’s something undeniably compelling about these men and women who take their identities into their own hands. They are, in a way, a perversion of the Great American Dream."

By Alexandra Andrews | March 5, 2021

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Napoleon Has Always Fascinated Novelists, But His Life Really Was Fit for a Thriller

By Loren D. Estleman | March 5, 2021

What's the Key To Finishing That Novel Of Yours? Try Working at the Library.

By Chris Whitaker | March 4, 2021

Six Historical Scandals and the Novels That Bring Them To Life

By Deanna Raybourn | March 4, 2021

My First Thriller: Tom Straw

My First Thriller: Tom Straw

How the man behind the Richard Castle novels went from radio dj to writing TV sitcoms to a bestselling series.

By Rick Pullen | March 4, 2021

10 Novels You Should Read This March

10 Novels You Should Read This March

The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | March 4, 2021

On Social Isolation, Thrillers, and the Limits of Connectivity

On Social Isolation, Thrillers, and the Limits of Connectivity

Or, your access to help is only as good as your phone signal
(and your perceived value to society)

By Kali Wallace | March 4, 2021

A Requiem for the Horses in the Coen Brothers' <em>True Grit</em>

A Requiem for the Horses in the Coen Brothers' True Grit

In this dark, weighty film, humans and animals alike
are beasts of burden

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 3, 2021

Hard Science Fiction Is Still Overwhelmingly White—But It's Getting Better

Hard Science Fiction Is Still Overwhelmingly White—But It's Getting Better

When we think hard scifi, we think of white male authors. But the truth of the genre is far more diverse.

By S.B. Divya | March 3, 2021

Five Great Thrillers Set in Wild Places

Five Great Thrillers Set in Wild Places

Author Luanne Rice pays homage to novels that explore the majesty and the suspense of the great outdoors.

By Luanne Rice | March 3, 2021

Sara Paretsky on Dorothy B. Hughes and the Meaning of 'Noir'

Sara Paretsky on Dorothy B. Hughes and the Meaning of 'Noir'

In Hughes's Ride the Pink Horse, a disturbing portrait of human suffering—and sometimes kindness.

By Sara Paretsky | March 2, 2021

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