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Spooky Shenanigans for HalloweenI’m such a sucker for holidays. I love to completely immerse myself in a theme: holiday decorations, holiday meals, holiday baking. As soon as...
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David Fincher’s The Killer is a Winking Investigation into the Limits of ControlIn his foreword to Adam Nayman’s “David Fincher: Mind Games,” director Bong Joon-ho explains his personal dichotomy for classifying films,...
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Setting a Gothic Thriller in the World of NonprofitsWhen we worked together in the fundraising office of a third-rate law school in San Diego, my friend Melissa and I used to joke that we should...
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The Secret History of John le Carré’s Career in the Intelligence Services‘ People believe what they want to believe,’ wrote David to one of his lovers. ‘ALWAYS.’ he was referring to the ‘revelation’ that Graham...
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Goosebumps Remixes Its Source Material to Satisfying ResultsAdapting a property like Goosebumps , R.L. Stine’s beloved series of children’s horror novels, for the big (or small) screen in 2023 is a tricky...
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50 Years Later, Terrence Malick’s Badlands Remains a Pure Encapsulation of American Violence“I got some stuff to say,” Kit says to Holly, in the first few minutes of Terrence Malick’s Badlands . “Guess I’m kinda lucky that way.”...
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7 Great Mystery Novels Set in AcademeJane Austen died on July 18, 1817, at the ridiculously premature age of forty-one, in the ancient royal and ecclesiastic city of Winchester,...
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Why Horror Fiction Matters for Telling Indigenous StoriesI’ve been consuming horror films and books from perhaps a too young age, though it’s worked out fine for me. It’s been a formative genre for me...
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The Best Debut Novels of OctoberThe CrimeReads editors select their favorite debut novels this month. * Raul Palma, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens (Dutton)...
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16 Spooky Novellas by Women and Nonbinary AuthorsWhat makes a spooky novella so satisfying? You might as well ask why a raven is like a writing desk. (The answer, of course, is that all three...
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Dorothy L. Sayers and the Enduring Legacy of a Marriage of True Minds–Originally delivered as the Annual Speech (28 June 2023) for the Dorothy L. Sayers Society, edited. Exactly a hundred years ago this...
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Dann McDorman on Exploring Literary Hijinks and Meta MysteryWhile mysteries can usually be trusted to compel the reader within the first chapter or even the first few pages, it’s rare for them to hook us...
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The Pigeon Tunnel, the New Film About John le Carré, is Intimate and IlluminatingJohn le Carré (born David Cornwell) hated giving interviews. “First you invent yourself, then you believe the invention”, he wrote in his...
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Ruins in Rain City: Trouble in Mind and the Career of Alan RudolphFilmmaker Alan Rudolph has been working in the movie business for most of his life. Coming from a Hollywood family where his dad Oscar was also...
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How Scarface Became a “Foundational Influence for Hip Hop”It’s hard to think of a $21 million dollar motion picture as a “cult movie” but that’s what Brian DePalma’s 1983 Scarface almost became until...
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The New Season of “Lupin” Is Extravagant, Spectacular, and Occasionally Hard to BelieveTwo things jumped out at me back when I started watching the first season of Lupin, Netflix’s wildly successful show about a ‘gentleman thief’...
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Finding Inspiration for Metafictional MurderHow do you plan a murder? Do you rely on chance or fate to create a crime of opportunity? Do you meticulously plot the steps, the way a chef...
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A Roundtable Discussion on Indigenous HorrorMany thanks to the contributors who sent the below responses. Never Whistle at Night , a haunting new anthology of dark fiction crafted by...
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Finding Inspiration for Mystery Fiction in Soap OperasWhat JR, Alexis, and Domingue Taught this Mystery Writer One of the best compliments I’ve received from readers about the Lady Mystery...
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5 Films About Existential AssassinsEven the worst of us have feelings. That assassin with the high-powered rifle atop the building, squinting through their scope at their...
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Crime and the City: Las VegasLet’s go to Las Vegas with one of the great kings of the American hard-boiled Charles Willeford in his novel Wicked Wives (1956):...
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How Should Fiction Talk About War“Does your novel speak to Hamas’s attack on Israel?” I got the question during a podcast interview I was giving to support the launch of my...
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5 Christmas Mysteries To Get You Ready for the Holiday SeasonIt’s a rare crime fiction reader who doesn’t love curling up with a mystery during the winter months, especially if that mystery is one of the...
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Despite Some Pitfalls, Killers of the Flower Moon Swells with Humanity and HeartThe night I saw Killers of the Flower Moon I dreamed wildly, fitfully. Until I went to bed, I spent my waking hours thinking about the film,...
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How the Intensity of Female Relationships Leaves the Door Open for HorrorPicture it: Woodstock, Georgia, 1988. I’m at a sleepover party. We’re eating pizza and watching The Amityville Horror and probably drinking Ecto...
