On the screen and on the page, today we are accustomed to seeing fictional representations of women detectives kicking in doors, taking down names and sleuthing out villains. From Olivia Benson ...

First we read Nancy Drew, girl detective. Then what? Women of Mystery explores the writing lives of three authors (Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton & Marcia Muller) who started a literary revolution and, in ...

The class was talking about Betty, who they originally thought was such a nice girl. “She just seemed so innocent …” said one student. “She’s not the one you’d expect to be a straight-up liar.” ...

Not long before her death in 1982, I commented to Anna Freud on the large collection of detective fiction in the house she shared with her father in his final years of exile in London. She informed me ...

A singular, cartoonish eye blinks under the lens of a magnifying glass inspecting a darkened, smoky room from floor to ceiling in the hopes of finding a clue. The tip of a deerstalker cap undulates ...