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Crime Fiction in Vatican City
You never know. Maybe the success of the Edward Berger movie Conclave will spur a revival in the Vatican thriller? Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci done up as cardinals with a big decision to make has...
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Agustina Bazterrica on Violence, Dystopia, and the Power of Art
In Argentine writer Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh—a 2017 dystopian novel that won a major award in her country—“mass hysteria” ensues when a deadly virus seems to leap from animals to...
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From Out-of-Print to Global Hit: The Surprising Resurgence of Michael...
The novelist and screenwriter Michael McDowell (1950-1999) published his debut novel The Amulet, a horror novel set in his native Alabama, in 1978. He wrote 32 more books, and Stephen King once called...
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Crime and the City: Albuquerque and New Mexico
Even compared to Mississippi and Connecticut, Albuquerque, New Mexico is by far the most infuriatingly difficult city name to spell in the United States of America – no wonder they often opt for just...
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Crime and the City: Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, or simply PNG, sandwiched between Indonesia and Australia. A confection of over 800 languages and dialects. The capital, Port Moresby (Pom City) is generally regarded as a tough town,...
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New International Fiction to Check Out This Spring
While many of us may never be welcomed in another nation again once this administration is done, we can always travel in our minds! And in our fiction, much of which is oddly spaced out this year, so...
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