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    Don't Make Violence and Abuse Just Another Plot Device in Your Novel

    Don't Make Violence and Abuse Just Another Plot Device in Your Novel

    Rene Denfeld on the Way We Write About Rape and Trauma

    By Rene Denfeld | September 6, 2017

    Sharon Bolton on Writing About the

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    "I May Be a Mash-Up of Charlotte Bronte and Stephen King!"

    By Daneet Steffens | September 5, 2017

    Hong Kong, Criminal City That Knows No Night

    Hong Kong, Criminal City That Knows No Night

    Chinese Noir, from the Opium Wars to Post-Handover Unrest

    By Paul French | August 30, 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

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    Writing the Stories of South Central Los Angeles

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    Sue Grafton from A to Z

    Sue Grafton from A to Z

    Talking to the Author of Y is for Yesterday

    By Daneet Steffens | August 22, 2017

    On the Rise of Scandinavian <br>Crime Fiction

    On the Rise of Scandinavian
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    Anders Roslund Looks at the Growth of a Global Super-Genre

    By Anders Roslund | August 11, 2017

    Crime and the City: Glasgow is Still a Hard, Hard Town

    Crime and the City: Glasgow is Still a Hard, Hard Town

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    Can the Internet's True Crime Obsession Lead to Real-Life Justice?

    Can the Internet's True Crime Obsession Lead to Real-Life Justice?

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    By Kathleen Barber | August 8, 2017

    The Night I Spent in Lizzie Borden's House

    The Night I Spent in Lizzie Borden's House

    Sarah Schmidt on Writing Down the Words of a Ghost

    By Sarah Schmidt | August 4, 2017

    Do Spies Turned Novelists Use Their Old Sources?

    Do Spies Turned Novelists Use Their Old Sources?

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    5 Crime Must-Reads for August

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