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J. Kingston Pierce

J. Kingston Pierce
J. Kingston Pierce is a longtime Seattle journalist, whose addiction to crime, mystery, and thriller fiction is clearly beyond curing. In addition to editing The Rap Sheet (http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/), a blog focused on crime fiction, he writes the book design-oriented blog Killer Covers (http://killercoversoftheweek.blogspot.com/) and is a columnist for Down & Out: The Magazine.


The Lost Art of the "Cast of Characters" Lists That Opened Midcentury Mystery Novels

Wordplay, witty insults, and the occasionally lurid remark rounded out a popular feature of paperback crime novels.

December 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

A master of the short story, Ellin's detective novels are now mostly forgotten. They shouldn't be.

December 2, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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The Agatha Christie Centennial: 100 Years of The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Christie's debut novel was famously rejected by a host of publishers. Many, many editions later, it's an iconic mystery.

October 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

In the 1960s, TV executives came up with a novel way of delivering Americans their mysteries—the "wheel"

July 16, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Seattle: Primed and Ready for Crime Fiction Fame

Exploring the city's history and character, through crime novels

March 27, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Detecting During Disasters

Fires, hurricanes, plague—crime fiction persists in moments of crisis.

October 17, 2019  By J. Kingston Pierce
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1970s Crime Fiction
and The Incredible Rise of 'Regional' Noir

In the 1970s and 80s, Boston, Seattle, Detroit, and other regional cities became the new capitals of crime fiction.

August 22, 2019  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Tom Nolan on the Enduring Legacy of Ross Macdonald

And Why the Noir Icon's Work Still Resonates So Powerfully

April 12, 2019  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Ross Macdonald's ‘The Moving Target': A History in 25 Covers

70 Years of Lew Archer, Post-War America's "New-Type" Detective

April 11, 2019  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Robert McGinnis: A Life in Paperback Art

93 Years & Thousands of Paintings from a "Pop Culture Rembrandt"

February 1, 2019  By J. Kingston Pierce
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