Japanese Crime Fiction: Deep-Dive Into “Prefecture D” By Hideo Yokoyama
Tara Cheesman takes a closer look at “Prefecture D”, a collection of crime novellas by Japanese author Hideo Yokoyama. In twenty sixteen Six Four, described…
Category: Essays
Critical reviews and essays by Mystery Tribune contributors and editors on modern crime fiction, genre icons, crime movies and more.
A Sterling Mystery: Vultures In The Sky By Todd Downing
Scott Adlerberg revisits the classic mystery masterpiece Vultures In The Sky By Todd Downing. As esteemed a tradition in mystery stories as the country house…
Nancy Drew, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Me: An Essay By Dana Robbins
I grew up voraciously reading Nancy Drew novels and absorbed the values of independence and grit embodied by the teenage “sleuth.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg and…
The ITV Production of Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile” Is Superb
Scott Adlerberg takes a closer look at ITV Production of the iconic Agatha Christie novel “Death on the Nile”. The first adaptation for film or…
Unknown Man #89 By Elmore Leonard Is Detective Fiction That Plumbs The Soul
Nev March takes a closer look at Elmore Leonard’s Unknown Man #89 which was published in 1977, just after his novel Swag, and preceding The…
Deadwater Fell: A Notable Mystery Mini-Series About A Close-Knit Community
Scott Adlerberg takes a closer look at Acorn TV’s Deadwater Fell is a four-part miniseries that takes place in a rural Scottish village. ***** Acorn…
Crimes and Regrets in Words and Panels: On “Blacking Out” and “Bog Bodies”
Tobias Carroll takes a close look at “Blacking Out” and “Bog Bodies”, a pair of recent crime comics that offer taut, haunting looks into the…
Deep-Dive Into “That’ll Be the Day” And “Good Girls Don’t” By S.W. Lauden
Scott Adlerberg takes a deep-dive into the two novellas by S.W. Lauden that combine heist stories with his love of rock music. ***** A few…
A List Of 50 Things That Don’t Make You A Writer
You want to become a (good) writer? According to Gabino Iglesias, you don’t necessarily need these 50 things. ***** In March of 2016 I sat…
On Writing Crime Fiction Featuring Indigenous People
Wayne Arthurson, Arthur Ellis award-winning author, provides a critical review of crime fiction featuring indigenous people. To be perfectly honest, I considered not writing this…
