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Reacher, Prospero, and Child

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

December 16, 2020  By Heather Martin
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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

December 16, 2020  By Alex Segura
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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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Thirty Years Later, Is Goodfellas The Greatest Mob Movie Ever Made?

A demented, predatory nihilism runs through Martin Scorsese's 1990 mob classic, and audiences are still cheering for it. Why?

December 11, 2020  By Andy McCarthy
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The Politically Engaged, Wildly Entertaining Novels of Paco Ignacio Taibo II

He's one of the world's most popular crime writers. And his critiques of systemic corruption are as incisive as ever.

December 11, 2020  By Gabino Iglesias
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In Praise of Second Chances

On learning, late in life, to give things a second look (and take people as they are).

December 8, 2020  By Jane Cleland
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The Meticulous Noir of David Fincher

Exploring the movies that have fed the worldview of a legendarily exacting director who inspires, and is inspired by obsession.

December 4, 2020  By Zach Vasquez
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Jean-Patrick Manchette: Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Bring a Master of French Crime Fiction to American Readers

Manchette's translator reflects on the legacy of an author who revolutionized French noir (twice).

December 4, 2020  By Donald Nicholson-Smith
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Why the Serial Killer Novel Is the New Feminist Fiction

Authors are overturning the prevailing murder model

December 3, 2020  By Chelsea G. Summers
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It Isn't Genre That Matters—It's Story.

Characters, writing, and tension make or break a book. You can step over the genre fence and still appeal to your readers.

December 3, 2020  By Clare Mackintosh
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