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    5 Crime Must-Reads Coming in May

    5 Crime Must-Reads Coming in May

    From Dennis Lehane to the Shadow Man (Bonus True Crime Title!)

    By Lisa Levy | April 26, 2017

    Crime in the City: Noir at High Noon in Duterte's Manila

    Crime in the City: Noir at High Noon in Duterte's Manila

    Is It Possible to Escape Into Crime Fiction Amidst a Wave of Extra-Judicial Killing?

    By Paul French | April 25, 2017

    Lisa Unger is Ready to Try <em>Middlemarch</em> One More Time

    Lisa Unger is Ready to Try Middlemarch One More Time

    The Author of The Red Hunter on Some of the Books in Her Life

    By Literary Hub | April 25, 2017

    Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for Spring

    Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for Spring

    From the New Hannah Tinti to Classic James Ellroy

    By Otto Penzler | April 24, 2017

    Reading Across America: <br>Going Noir in DC

    Reading Across America:
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    E.A. Aymar on the Noir at the Bar Reading Series

    By E.A. Aymar | April 20, 2017

    What Every Writer Could Learn from Coaching Little League

    What Every Writer Could Learn from Coaching Little League

    Lee Irby on the Infinite Human Drama of Youth Sports

    By Lee Irby | April 19, 2017

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    David Grann on Taking True Crime
    to the Big Screen

    By Dwyer Murphy | April 18, 2017

    How Andrés Barba Turned a Grisly
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    By Edmund White | April 17, 2017

    Sara Paretsky: From Joan of Arc to Little Women, a History of Heroes

    By Sara Paretsky | April 17, 2017

    Florida Man Talks to Florida Woman About Florida Crime

    Florida Man Talks to Florida Woman About Florida Crime

    Steph Post and Alex Segura on the Weird, Wacky, and Unsavory

    By Literary Hub | April 12, 2017

    Crime and the City: Melbourne, Venerable Town of Vice

    Crime and the City: Melbourne, Venerable Town of Vice

    Life on the Sunny Side of Noir

    By Paul French | April 11, 2017

    Malcolm Mackay: Life in the Golden Age of Scottish Crime Fiction

    Malcolm Mackay: Life in the Golden Age of Scottish Crime Fiction

    From the Quiet of the Hebrides to the Mean Streets of Glasgow

    By Daneet Steffens | April 10, 2017

    Colony Collapse, the Ultimate <br>Murder Mystery

    Colony Collapse, the Ultimate
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    Donna Leon Wonders Who's Killing All the Bees

    By Donna Leon | April 4, 2017

    Vernon Sullivan: The Bestselling Writer Who Didn't Exist

    Vernon Sullivan: The Bestselling Writer Who Didn't Exist

    How Boris Vian Went Way Beyond Cultural Appropriation

    By Scott Adlerberg | March 30, 2017

    5 Crime Must-Reads Coming This April

    5 Crime Must-Reads Coming This April

    Lisa Levy Recommends Paula Hawkins, Lisa Unger, David Grann and More

    By Lisa Levy | March 28, 2017

    The Greatest French Crime Writer You've Never Heard Of

    The Greatest French Crime Writer You've Never Heard Of

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    By Paul French | March 9, 2017

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