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Mothers Who Go to Extremes – And Drive the Action in Crime Fiction

Mothers Who Go to Extremes – And Drive the Action in Crime Fiction

Maria Kelson on the kinds of mothers who make for great mystery and thrillers.

By Maria Kelson | November 5, 2024

Christina Lynch: Why I Decided to Write a Version of

Christina Lynch: Why I Decided to Write a Version of "The Odyssey" From The Perspective of a Horse Solving a Mystery

Like the ancient hero's quest to find home, Lynch's pony's perambulations are both harrowing and emotionally resonant

By Christina Lynch | November 5, 2024

Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Quandaries: Women Finding Their Power in Literature

Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Quandaries: Women Finding Their Power in Literature

"This is the heart of the suspense genre: an innocent, faced with certain death or destruction, who must rise above and save herself—and others."

By J. T. Ellison | November 4, 2024

Crime and the City: Birmingham, Alabama

Crime and the City: Birmingham, Alabama

Our international crime fiction series pays a visit to the other Birmingham.

By Paul French | November 4, 2024

Navigating ‘Dark Space’: How Rob Hart and Alex Segura Mashed Up Spy and Speculative Fiction

Navigating ‘Dark Space’: How Rob Hart and Alex Segura Mashed Up Spy and Speculative Fiction

An interview with Hart and Segura, authors of a new genre-bending novel.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 4, 2024

Looking Back at Heist Film

Looking Back at Heist Film "Quick Change", In Which Bill Murray Plays a Sad, Sad, Clown

The movie is criminally underrated, and the one-liners? Unparalleled.

By Patrick J. Sauer | November 1, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

“Elsbeth” Takes it Cues from Cozy Mysteries

By Elizabeth Held | November 1, 2024

Stories that Twist the Bounds of Genre

By Olivia Blacke | November 1, 2024

Paula Hawkins Talks Art, Feminism, and the Evolution of Her Thrillers

By Jenny Bartoy | October 31, 2024

Fact Meets Fiction: The Rise of the ‘True’ Crime Podcaster

Fact Meets Fiction: The Rise of the ‘True’ Crime Podcaster

Jacqueline Bublitz on the citizen detectives and aficionados and obsessives of today's thrillers.

By Jacqueline Bublitz | October 31, 2024

A Life Steeped in Forensic Science

A Life Steeped in Forensic Science

Jennifer Graeser Dornbush lays out the science behind the fiction and explains what really happens to a body when it's frozen.

By Jennifer Graeser Dornbush | October 31, 2024

Which Horror Movie Villains Would Make the Best Detectives?

Which Horror Movie Villains Would Make the Best Detectives?

It's not exactly an age-old question, but it intrigues us nonetheless.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 30, 2024

A New Season of 'The Diplomat' – Political Intrigue in a Time of Political Intrigue

A New Season of 'The Diplomat' – Political Intrigue in a Time of Political Intrigue

Is it possible to enjoy a highly enjoyable series at just this moment?

By Keith Roysdon | October 30, 2024

Felix Francis: How to Make a Killing Owning Racehorses

Felix Francis: How to Make a Killing Owning Racehorses

The author breaks down the evolving finances of horse racing.

By Felix Francis | October 30, 2024

On The

On The "White Baron" and Writing Real Evil into Historical Fiction

What an aristocratic mass murderer of the Russian Civil War teaches us about rising fascism today

By Nicholas Pullen | October 29, 2024

The Monster Within

The Monster Within

How two writers turned the visceral self-criticism of depression into a terrifying horror antagonist

By Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta | October 29, 2024

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