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<em>The Conversation</em>: Coppola's Paranoid Classic and the

The Conversation: Coppola's Paranoid Classic and the "Era of the Listening Device"

Brian Hochman on the 1974 wiretap thriller that captured the rise of a surveillance society.

By Brian Hochman | March 22, 2022

Why Do We Love Heists? <br>The Short Answer: <br>Competency Porn

Why Do We Love Heists?
The Short Answer:
Competency Porn

"[H]eists involve people at the top of their skill set—or who used to be—with circumstances that test them strenuously."

By Marion Deeds | March 22, 2022

Books that Smash the Patriarchy

Books that Smash the Patriarchy

Spend Women's History Month with these thrillers that center women's experiences.

By Jayne Cowie | March 22, 2022

<Em>Morbid</em> Podcast Host and Autopsy Technician Alaina Urquhart Talks True Crime and Turning to Fiction

Morbid Podcast Host and Autopsy Technician Alaina Urquhart Talks True Crime and Turning to Fiction

"I do wish the people involved in producing these onscreen autopsies would consult an anatomy book beforehand."

By Molly Odintz | March 22, 2022

The Private Eye As Family Man

The Private Eye As Family Man

How The Long Kiss Goodnight and The Last Boy Scout Brought the PI Film into the ‘90s

By Sam Wiebe | March 21, 2022

How Being A Civil Rights Attorney Influenced My Crime Fiction

How Being A Civil Rights Attorney Influenced My Crime Fiction

Author and community activist Veronica Gutierrez reflects on the hard lessons learned from her time working as a civil rights lawyer.

By Veronica Gutierrez | March 21, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | March 21, 2022

How One Author Forced Himself to Reconsider Expectations About Violence in Fiction

By Michael Landweber | March 21, 2022

March's Best International Crime Books

By Molly Odintz | March 18, 2022

The Bizarre, Self-Incriminating Confession of Pam Hupp

The Bizarre, Self-Incriminating Confession of Pam Hupp

On a strange incident in the true story that forms the basis for the show The Thing About Pam.

By Charles Bosworth Jr. and Joel J. Schwartz | March 18, 2022

People Have Always Told Me Their Secrets. That's Why I Became A Private Investigator.

People Have Always Told Me Their Secrets. That's Why I Became A Private Investigator.

Erika Krouse on having the kind of face that spurs others to reveal their fears, anxieties, and darkest revelations.

By Erika Krouse | March 18, 2022

Is “The Counselor” Cormac McCarthy’s Overlooked Masterpiece?

Is “The Counselor” Cormac McCarthy’s Overlooked Masterpiece?

The 2013 noir was a mostly derided flop. But what if it's actually one of McCarthy's more brilliant works?

By Nick Kolakowski | March 18, 2022

Six Narrators with Unusual Perspectives

Six Narrators with Unusual Perspectives

An unborn child, an old badger, an intelligent mannequin, and other unfamiliar viewpoints in fiction.

By Silje Ulstein | March 18, 2022

None of Us Will See Heaven: The Eight Best Irish-American Mob Films of All Time

None of Us Will See Heaven: The Eight Best Irish-American Mob Films of All Time

Is there any scene of screen violence that wouldn't be better if 'Danny Boy' were playing on a gramophone in the background?

By Zack Budryk | March 17, 2022

What We Can Learn From The Darkest Period in Art History

What We Can Learn From The Darkest Period in Art History

"Between 1933 – 1945, the Third Reich confiscated, destroyed, and plundered upwards of 650,000 works of art."

By Lisa Barr | March 17, 2022

What Classic Mystery Author You Should Read, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

What Classic Mystery Author You Should Read, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

Agatha Christie is for Libras, and other thoughts on crime fiction and astrology.

By Daisy Bateman | March 16, 2022

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