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6 Mysteries Set on Generation Ships

There’s been a few recent mysteries that take place aboard generation ships, and I love to spot a trend, so I figured I’d assemble them all for you here.

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5 Infamous Women Killers and the Books You Should Read About Them

True Crime master and #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen compiled his list of deadly women and the books written about them.

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7 essential 1970s NYC noir books and films

Noir fiction has been defined as a world of cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity.

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S.J. Bennett on the brilliance of 1960s British mysteries and thrillers

My first date with my husband, twenty-five years ago, was a series of tests. Do you like Blackadder, and agree that series 4 is the best?

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Kennedy Cole on writing about race through invasion horror and parasitism

This essay will break down the themes of racism, homophobia, and existing as other that I touch on in There Used to Be People Here.

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Seeking Justice in Deep South Georgia

I had finished the third run-through of my closing argument, so I went down to the pond to see how John Petrey, my chief assistant district attorney, was doing with his portion.

Apropos of nothing, you should watch The Night Agent

The “apropos of nothing” in this title is a joke, because (I’m writing this descriptively for posterity), America just experienced several historic wins in the 2026 midterm…

A Guide to the Blofelds

There’s a lot of talk going around lately about the casting of the new James Bond.

Crime and the city: Harbin, China

Harbin, capital of China’s Heilongjiang Province—what used to be known as Manchuria—China’s “Wild East.” It’s long been China’s most northerly and Russified city—train lines into…

Wole Talabi on the intersection of first contact stories and mysteries

In 1985, just a few weeks after a bloodless coup during which Major-General Ibrahim Babangida overthrew the military government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria,…