THIS WEEK: In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” was first published in the New York Evening Mirror.
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- What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done for love? Thriller authors weigh in ahead of Valentine’s, featuring Caroline Kepnes, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and many more. | Entertainment Weekly
- A profile of Lorena Bobbitt, the subject of a new documentary from Jordan Peele on her 1994 trial for removing a piece of her husband’s anatomy (later reattached). | The New York Times
- “It’s unclear how many of the murderer’s statements are true…It might be more accurate to say that ‘Conversations with a Killer’ reveals how Bundy wished to represent himself.” On the new Netflix show that’s got everybody talking. | The Washington Post
- Joseph Finder talks with The Real Book Spy about talking with judges, crafting thrillers, and writing a series versus a standalone novel. | The Real Book Spy
- “As the years went on, Kleiner could have tried to forget him, but instead she decided to figure him out.” Tori Telfer interviews the woman who survived Ted Bundy. | Rolling Stone
- In which our editor (and insufferable New Englander) Dwyer Murphy predicts the outcome of Sunday’s Super Bowl by reading a bunch of crime fiction from Boston and Los Angeles. | CrimeReads
- Swindlers, psychopaths, and sociolinguistics: the CrimeReads staff round up our favorite stories of the month. | CrimeReads
- Why do the French love American noir? Gabino Iglesias investigates the massive popularity of American crime writing amongst French readers. | CrimeReads
- Is this the worst crime movie of the year? Or possibly ever? The critics weigh in, pretty savagely, on Serenity. | CrimeReads
- A look at the dark and dreamy noir of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic, The Great Gatsby. From Lisa Levy. | CrimeReads
- Catching up with Tim Dorsey, crime fiction’s answer to Florida Man and the bard of madcap misguided criminality. | CrimeReads
- A.F. Brady on the unforgettable literary anti-heroes of New York City, from Patrick Bateman to Michael Corleone. | CrimeReads
- A look at the complex, enduring legacy of Elizabeth Short and the still unsolved Black Dahlia case. From Camille LeBlanc. | CrimeReads
- Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch on the secret plot to assassinate George Washington. | CrimeReads
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