The Most Dangerous Locked Room of All? Space!

The Most Dangerous Locked Room of All? Space!

Five reasons to take the traditional locked-room mystery to the stars

By Lauren A. Forry | November 27, 2024

The Beat Goes On: Michael Connelly on Words, Writers & 'The Waiting'

The Beat Goes On: Michael Connelly on Words, Writers & 'The Waiting'

A new Ballard and Bosch novel examines L.A.'s most notorious unsolved murder: the Black Dahlia case.

By John B. Valeri | November 26, 2024

Is 'The Penguin' the Bloody, Nihilistic Crime Saga We Need Right Now?

Is 'The Penguin' the Bloody, Nihilistic Crime Saga We Need Right Now?

"Like all other virtues, sincerity is a sham in Gotham City–another costume."

By Hector DeJean | November 26, 2024

Digging Deep, Staying with It: James Sallis on Writing, Reality, and the Danger of Creative Work

Digging Deep, Staying with It: James Sallis on Writing, Reality, and the Danger of Creative Work

A new collection spans the career of a modern master.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 25, 2024

The 5 Most Chilling Sherlock Holmes Stories That Are Not 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'

The 5 Most Chilling Sherlock Holmes Stories That Are Not 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'

These classic stories of the world’s greatest detective are wrapped in fear and foreboding. No spoilers!

By Ryan Britt | November 25, 2024

7 of Fantasy Fiction's Best Criminals

7 of Fantasy Fiction's Best Criminals

W.R. Gorman on fantasy's great criminals and villains.

By W.R. Gorman | November 25, 2024

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How 'Outer Banks' Became the New Generation's Hardy Boys

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Maddie Day on Crafting Distinctive Settings for Cozy Mysteries

By Maddie Day | November 22, 2024

Researching the Historical Mystery Setting, or, The Importance of a Site Visit

By Clara McKenna | November 22, 2024

10 of the Most Original Murders in Mystery

10 of the Most Original Murders in Mystery

Lucy Connelly on the most ingenious and novel killings in a long tradition of (fictional) killings.

By Lucy Connelly | November 21, 2024

The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

Megan Abbott and Polly Stewart revisit Johnson's bleak and wild portrait of humanity.

By Polly Stewart | November 21, 2024

How Do You Punish a Machine?

How Do You Punish a Machine?

(And why would you need to?)

By Graham Brown | November 21, 2024

Hannah Martian on the Road from Baseball Broadcaster to Thriller Author

Hannah Martian on the Road from Baseball Broadcaster to Thriller Author

And why Wyoming was key to it all.

By Hannah Martian | November 20, 2024

Finding the Gothic in Arthurian Legends

Finding the Gothic in Arthurian Legends

Sarah Jost on castles, romance, and madness in medieval tales and modern gothics

By Sarah Jost | November 20, 2024

On Coming of Age in an Era of Feminist Awakenings and Roaming Serial Killers

On Coming of Age in an Era of Feminist Awakenings and Roaming Serial Killers

"Thirty-seven years on, I’ve written a novel revisiting the mix of terror and fury I felt as a young woman."

By Ajay Close | November 19, 2024

The Outsized Impact of George Cukor's

The Outsized Impact of George Cukor's "Gaslight"

The movie masterpiece spawned a psychological analysis and a host of crime novels

By Bonnie Kistler | November 19, 2024

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