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Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

Every suit, every dress tell a story.

How John Le Carré Reinvented the Spy Novel

Novelist Paul Vidich reflects on the life and legacy of a literary giant.

Walter Mosley on Devil in a Blue Dress, Thirty Years Later

"He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

Reacher, Prospero, and Child

The links connecting two writers—William Shakespeare and Lee Child—run deeper than you might think.

Graphic Content: Into the Crime-Riddled 1980's Los Angeles of Ethan Reckless

Ed Brubaker on private eyes, pulp thrillers, and his latest collaboration with Sean Phillips, Reckless

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.

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In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

Every suit, every dress tell a story.

Novelist Paul Vidich reflects on the life and legacy of a literary giant.

"He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

The links connecting two writers—William Shakespeare and Lee Child—run deeper than you might think.

Ed Brubaker on private eyes, pulp thrillers, and his latest collaboration with Sean Phillips, Reckless

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

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