In “The Guilty Vicarage,” an essay on detective fiction, W.H. Auden argues that the most successful detective novels take place in an apparent Eden (the cozy village, the ivied college, the country ...

Netflix has emerged as a central destination for crime thrillers this past year and as December winds down, appears to have left one of its best offerings for last. As Netflix continues to expand its ...

There’s something about a good thriller that knows how to get under the skin, and Netflix’s latest KDrama, The Price of Confession (Jabaegui daega), knows how to do just that. Pitting two women ...

While popular understanding may suggest that innocent people simply do not confess to crimes (“I would never confess to doing something that I did not actually do!”), the surprising fact is that false ...

Imagine a justice system that recognises torture is wrong—but only sometimes. Picture a courtroom where a confession extracted from a terrified suspect can still be used for a conviction, depending on ...