Features
Playing Chase with Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield is a woman of action—and never more so than in Poison FlowerJane Whitefield is a woman of action—and never more so than in Poison Flower.
by Kevin Burton Smith
John Buchan
The author of The 39 Steps and the father of the modern spy thriller.
by Michael Mallory
Jane Langton
Witty cozies featuring a Harvard professor with wide-ranging intellectual interests.
by Brian Skupin
Hearing Voices
We read PI fiction as much for the voices as the stories they tell.
by Kevin Burton Smith
Reginald Hill 1936-2012
The much-admired novelist was a dominant figure in British crime writing of the last half century.
by Martin Edwards
Where the Ripped Edges Peel Away
Fierce, beautiful, startling, Elizabeth Hand’s Cass Neary novels explore creative genius.
by Art Taylor
Touch of Genius
An interview with Elizabeth Hand, author of Available Dark and Generation Loss.
by Paul Doiron
Anthony Shaffer: Grand Artificer of Mystery
The celebrated author of Sleuth had a long and varied career criminal career.
by Joseph Goodrich
Author Anagrams, Part III
by Kate Stine
The Red Box Mystery Crossword
by Verna Suit
Departments
At the Scene
by Kate Stine
Mystery Miscellany
by Louis Phillips
Hints & Allegations
Dilys Award, Thriller Award nominations, Left Coast Crime Awards, Endeavour Morse on TV
The Hook
First Lines That Caught Our Attention
Gormania
Mary Astor in Act of Violence, Margaret Millar’s How Like an Angel, Hitch gets kinky in Frenzy
by Ed Gorman
New Books
Mayhem in the Hamptons
by Elizabeth Zelvin
Burnt Offerings
by Michael Lister
Bootlegging in Big Grove
by Sarah Wisseman
Drive-ins, Shootouts, & Fast Cars
by Rick McMahan
Reviews
Small Press Reviews: Covering the Independents
by Betty Webb
Short & Sweet: Short Stories Considered
by Bill Crider
Very Original: Paperback Originals Reviewed
by Lynne Maxwell
What About Murder? Reference Books Reviewed
by Jon L. Breen
Sounds of Suspense: Audiobooks Reviewed
by Dick Lochte
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