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    Post Vietnam War Crime Fiction

    Post Vietnam War Crime Fiction

    8 Crime Novels that Explore the Turbulent Aftermath of the Vietnam War

    By Dwyer Murphy | May 16, 2018

    Diplomacy Noir

    Diplomacy Noir

    The Diplomat Detective, from Graham Greene to Javier Marías

    By Dwyer Murphy | April 23, 2018

    Your Guide to the Essential<br> Crime TV of April 2018

    Your Guide to the Essential
    Crime TV of April 2018

    12 Crime Shows to Watch This Month
    (and What to Read After Watching)

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 30, 2018

    The Long Goodbye: The 49 Best Covers from Around the World

    The Long Goodbye: The 49 Best Covers from Around the World

    Beautiful and Bizarre Visions of Raymond Chandler's Classic

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 26, 2018

    Ranking Shakespeare's Plays <br>as Crime Fiction

    Ranking Shakespeare's Plays
    as Crime Fiction

    Domestic Suspense, Hardboiled, Spy Thrillers: The Bard Did It All

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 15, 2018

    25 Classic Crime Books You Can <br>Read in an Afternoon

    25 Classic Crime Books You Can
    Read in an Afternoon

    Terse, Atmospheric Brilliance in Under 200 Pages

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 14, 2018

    Best Reviewed
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    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
    • The Turning of Sally-Mae

    The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 6, 2018

    Attica Locke on the Rise of the Aryan Brotherhood, and Never Quite Leaving East Texas

    By Dwyer Murphy | September 21, 2017

    10 Gritty Crime Novels That Will Take You to the 1970s NYC of The Deuce

    By Dwyer Murphy | September 20, 2017

    The Greatest Wine Forger in the World

    The Greatest Wine Forger in the World

    On Our Fascination with Scammers, Conmen, and Dupers of the Super-Rich

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 30, 2017

    At the Birth of Crime Photography, Mug Shots and Death Scenes

    At the Birth of Crime Photography, Mug Shots and Death Scenes

    From a New York Beat Cop to a Parisian Artist, Documenting the Victim

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 28, 2017

    Stop Comparing the Kim Wall Murder to Scandinavian Crime Fiction

    Stop Comparing the Kim Wall Murder to Scandinavian Crime Fiction

    Sometimes the World is Dark Enough As It Is

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 25, 2017

    Daniel Silva on Seeing His Thriller <br>Plots Come True

    Daniel Silva on Seeing His Thriller
    Plots Come True

    In Conversation with the Author of The Black Widow

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 23, 2017

    Beach Reads. About Murder. <br>At the Actual Beach.

    Beach Reads. About Murder.
    At the Actual Beach.

    Crime By the Sea, From Thomas Pynchon to Elmore Leonard

    By Dwyer Murphy | July 19, 2017

    10 Great Spy Thrillers That Could Be <em>New York Times</em> Headlines

    10 Great Spy Thrillers That Could Be New York Times Headlines

    Is Donald Trump the Last Move in the Cold War?

    By Dwyer Murphy | July 14, 2017

    Leonardo Padura on a Lost Generation of Cubans, and the Arrogance of Trump

    Leonardo Padura on a Lost Generation of Cubans, and the Arrogance of Trump

    One of the Americas Great Crime Writers Talks to Dwyer Murphy

    By Dwyer Murphy | July 12, 2017

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