• Genres

    Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

    Shakespeare's villain, in all his treachery and complexity, still resonates, centuries later.

    January 20, 2021  By Chris Harding Thornton
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    Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

    The human brain works in fascinating, diverse ways, and authors should strive to represent those modes in fiction.

    January 20, 2021  By Josh Stallings
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    Patricia Highsmith and the Women Who Inspired Ripley

    In 1950, Highsmith went to Positano with a glamorous, wealthy young Londoner. A year later, she traveled there again, with a new companion, at the tail end of a manic journey across Europe.

    January 19, 2021  By Richard Bradford
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    When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

    Poe's contemporaries and forebears had a lot to say about the new genre, and his detective, the brilliant Dupin

    January 19, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Winter Thrillers: Snowstorms, Mountain Chalets, and Murder

    You're on the mountaintop, a storm blows in, the phone lines go dead...

    January 19, 2021  By Allie Reynolds
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    Detective Fiction and Dementia: A Biopsy

    What does the intersection of detective fiction and Alzheimer’s disease tell us about the paths of mysteries and the course of this tragic disease?

    January 15, 2021  By Frederick Weisel
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    A Novel Is So Much More Than Just The Sum of Its Parts

    After launching a new series in a new setting, P.J. Tracy reflects on the meaning of novelist synergy.

    January 15, 2021  By P.J. Tracy
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    Diamonds in Literature: The Ultimate MacGuffin

    "Radiant, indestructible, immortal – diamonds are what we are not, and our admiration of them comes to no good."

    January 14, 2021  By Victoria Gosling
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    The British Student-Turned-Bank Robber Who Became "A Modern-Day Robin Hood"

    Stephen Jackley thought the world was deeply unfair, and set out to change it—by robbing banks and redistributing money.

    January 14, 2021  By Ben Machell
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    Nine Great Science Fiction Thrillers

    Deep characters and big ideas drive these science fiction classics built on the chassis of crime fiction.

    January 14, 2021  By Nick Petrie
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