Features
Nick Petrie
His Peter Ash thrillers about a war veteran with PTSD offer full-throttled, kinetic action, irresistible plots, and a hero that is damaged yet decent, and, as the occasion demands, dangerous.
by Oline H. Cogdill
Ready for a Close-Up: Crime Writers Caught on Camera
These authors moved from behind a desk to in front of a camera.
by Michael Mallory
Fave Raves
Our contributors choose their favorite entertainments of 2019.
Dex Parios
The Portland ’tec in ABC’s new Stumptown could be the best PI to grace the small screen in years.
by Kevin Burton Smith
Erica Spindler
The author traded paintbrush for pen and found her true calling.
by John B. Valeri
Legal Briefs
Current courtroom thrillers.
by Jon L. Breen
Phillip Margolin
Mystery fiction turned him into a lawyer, then into a writer himself.
by John B. Valeri
My Book: False Light
An art history mystery, with an emphasis on history.
by Claudia Riess
My Book: Dreamland
Coney Island intrigue at the turn of the last century.
by Nancy Bilyeau
My Book: The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74
Stories of the complex, conflict-ridden social and cultural history of the South.
by Art Taylor
Midsomer Murders
A survey of two decades of British cozy TV entertainment.
by Pat H. Broeske
The Hook
First lines that caught our attention.
“The Chicago Way” Crossword
by Verna Suit
Departments
At the Scene
by Kate Stine
Mystery Miscellany
by Louis Phillips
Hints & Allegations
Reviews
Small Press Reviews: Covering the Independents
by Katrina Niidas Holm
Very Original: Paperback Originals Reviewed
by Hank Wagner and Robin Agnew
Sounds of Suspense: Audiobooks Reviewed
by Dick Lochte
What About Murder? Reference Books Reviewed
by Jon L. Breen
Short and Sweet: Short Stories Considered
by Ben Boulden
Mystery Scene Reviews
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