Mystery Archives

May 8, 2019 10 min read

"Crime novels have always been social novels, addressing problems in society. In that sense, they’ve always been important and always will." Read More

Sexy, Historical Noir ‘The Best Bad Things’ Challenges 19th Century Gender Roles

John Copenhaver

Fiction

February 26, 2019 2 min read

Carrasco’s main character, Alma Rosales, is a detective who now works under the identity Jack Camp, searching out leaks in a thriving opium smuggling ring Read More

Michael Nava Adapts ‘Lay Your Sleeping Head’ into a Dynamic New Podcast Series

John Copenhaver

Reviews

January 27, 2019 3 min read

The result is an electric combination of storytelling, voice-acting, and noir-ish ambiance Read More

Blacklight: Jeanne Winer’s ‘Her Kind of Case’ Brings Rich, Character-Based Storytelling to the Legal Thriller

John Copenhaver

Fiction

December 4, 2018 2 min read

Her Kind of Case is an authoritative, grounded, and deeply human legal thriller. Read More

Blacklight: Protagonists in Summer Thrillers Intersect with Race and Queerness

John Copenhaver

Reviews

August 29, 2018 4 min read

Several recent summer novels that have female protagonists intersecting with queerness and race in compelling ways. Read More

Read This! An Excerpt From the Riveting Novel ‘Dodging and Burning’

Edit Team

Excerpts

April 25, 2018 10 min read

"In a small Virginia town still reeling from World War II, a photograph of a beautiful murdered woman propels three young people into the middle of a far-reaching mystery." Read More

‘Lethal Care’ by Claire McNab with Katherine V. Forrest

Anna Furtado

Fiction

March 7, 2018 3 min read

From beginning to end, the story moves rapidly, introducing us to a host of suspects and interesting characters, taking us on a bumpy ride and bringing this tale, and the series, to a satisfying conclusion. Read More

Blacklight: ‘All About Agatha’ Podcasters Read and Rate All of Christie’s Novels

John Copenhaver

Opinion

February 27, 2018 3 min read

All About Agatha is a smart, humorous, and frank journey through Agatha Christie’s mystery novels Read More

‘Unholy City’ by Carrie Smith

Hope Thompson

Fiction

February 20, 2018 1 min read

Carrie Smith's third Claire Codella novel, Unholy City, is set at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, a site of faith, history--and murder. Read More

‘Taken In’ by Erica Abbott

Anna Furtado

Mystery

February 15, 2018 2 min read

Delightfully entertaining, jam-packed with baffling suspects and a surprising twist, all leading us to its satisfying end. Taken In is a great read for the couch or the beach. Read More

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

LGBTQ Crime Writers on the Future of Queer Crime Fiction

Sexy, Historical Noir ‘The Best Bad Things’ Challenges 19th Century Gender Roles

Michael Nava Adapts ‘Lay Your Sleeping Head’ into a Dynamic New Podcast Series

Blacklight: Jeanne Winer’s ‘Her Kind of Case’ Brings Rich, Character-Based Storytelling to the Legal Thriller

Blacklight: Protagonists in Summer Thrillers Intersect with Race and Queerness

Read This! An Excerpt From the Riveting Novel ‘Dodging and Burning’

‘Lethal Care’ by Claire McNab with Katherine V. Forrest

Blacklight: ‘All About Agatha’ Podcasters Read and Rate All of Christie’s Novels

‘Unholy City’ by Carrie Smith

‘Taken In’ by Erica Abbott

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta