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How To Tell If Your Bucolic Small Town Is Actually a Gateway to Hell

How To Tell If Your Bucolic Small Town Is Actually a Gateway to Hell

On the perils of trusting what's just too good to be true

By Emily Carpenter | March 27, 2025

Best Bank Robbery Masks in Crime Movies

Best Bank Robbery Masks in Crime Movies

Ex-presidents, clowns, hockey players, and more

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 26, 2025

Crime Writers Come Together in Support of Trans Rights

Crime Writers Come Together in Support of Trans Rights

From March 26th to March 31st, over 100 crime writers are participating in an auction to support the Transgender Law Center

By Molly Odintz | March 26, 2025

Chris Offutt on Outlaws, Scofflaws, and Kentucky Noir

Chris Offutt on Outlaws, Scofflaws, and Kentucky Noir

A conversation with the author of the new novel, 'The Reluctant Sheriff'

By Alex Dueben | March 26, 2025

The Age of Discontentment: Tess Gerritsen on Senior Crime Solvers and Subverting Expectations

The Age of Discontentment: Tess Gerritsen on Senior Crime Solvers and Subverting Expectations

The author discusses the latest novel in her new series, The Martini Club.

By John B. Valeri | March 26, 2025

Bog Gothic, or

Bog Gothic, or "Bogothic": When Bogs Seep Into Literature

"[B]ogs and bog bodies are excellent material for a thriller, mystery novel, or scary story."

By Johanna Van Veen | March 25, 2025

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Kill Your TV: How a Childhood Free of the Idiot Box Gave Katy Hays the Power of Attention

By Katy Hays | March 25, 2025

How to Create a Character for Our (or Any Other) Unjust Time

By Ron Currie | March 25, 2025

Mystery Fiction and the Multi-Level Marketing Scheme

By S.K. Golden | March 24, 2025

Crime and the City: Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea

Crime and the City: Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea

Reading the crime fiction of Pom City.

By Paul French | March 24, 2025

A Brief History of 1970s Disaster Movies

A Brief History of 1970s Disaster Movies

The special effects were sometimes lacking, but the stars sure turned out for these thrillers about things blowing up, catching fire, and falling apart.

By Keith Roysdon | March 21, 2025

The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

How family histories and secrets serve as catalysts for criminal behavior and plot development.

By January Gilchrist | March 21, 2025

Four Mystery Novels That Explore Legacy

Four Mystery Novels That Explore Legacy

On the power of crime fiction in "examining the world of legacy and what we leave in our wake"

By Benjamin Bradley | March 21, 2025

Detections and Digressions: <br>A Close Reading of P.D. James’ <em>Devices and Desires</em>

Detections and Digressions:
A Close Reading of P.D. James’ Devices and Desires

James set out to capture British society more broadly than her predecessors, yet her novels had more in common with the Golden Age than she ever cared to admit

By Curtis Evans | March 20, 2025

Golden Age Detectives in Love

Golden Age Detectives in Love

Celebrating the love lives of Lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, Roderick Alleyn, Albert Campion, and more.

By Rosanne Limoncelli | March 20, 2025

Science Fiction, Locked Room Mysteries, and the Joy of Literary Games

Science Fiction, Locked Room Mysteries, and the Joy of Literary Games

Olivia Waite on rewriting the rules of the universe and solving a mystery in space

By Olivia Waite | March 19, 2025

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