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    A Love Letter to the Late, Great Charles Grodin

    A Love Letter to the Late, Great Charles Grodin

    Eulogizing cinema's greatest deadpan, comic character actor

    By Olivia Rutigliano | May 19, 2021

    On Murder, Metafiction, and Mashups

    On Murder, Metafiction, and Mashups

    "All art is in conversation with what’s come before, and the artist’s job is to keep the conversation going: take something that sparked her interest, add to it and change it, then pass it along."

    By Daryl Gregory | May 19, 2021

    Pancho Villa, the Battle at the Rio Grande, and Why the Revolution Needed a Movie Star

    Pancho Villa, the Battle at the Rio Grande, and Why the Revolution Needed a Movie Star

    In 1914, Villa had the federales on the run from Chihuahua. That's when he decided to bring in the film crews.

    By Jeff Guinn | May 18, 2021

    On Domestic Violence and Women in Prison

    On Domestic Violence and Women in Prison

    When women defend themselves against abusers, they often end up in prison—or find themselves labeled as "insane".

    By Carolyn Haines | May 18, 2021

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | May 17, 2021

    A Tale of Witchcraft and Murder in Jazz Age America

    A Tale of Witchcraft and Murder in Jazz Age America

    In 1928, two powerful local witches faced off in Pennsylvania Dutch country. The sensational crime and spectacular trial would captivate the world.

    By Crawford Smith | May 17, 2021

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    What Can Fiction Do For True Stories That True Crime Can't? In An Answer: Empathy

    By Sadie Hoagland | May 17, 2021

    Highway of Darkness: A Mystery Reader’s Road Trip Up California’s Highway 99

    By Jane Rosenthal | May 14, 2021

    How 'Mare of Easttown' Is Breaking New Ground for HBO and the Prestige Crime Series

    By Zack Budryk | May 14, 2021

    Finding Inspiration for Fiction In the Kindness of Untruths

    Finding Inspiration for Fiction In the Kindness of Untruths

    "My own situation helped me create a character who might tell that kind of lie. Inspiration sprang from real life."

    By Anne Hillerman | May 13, 2021

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books Of 2021: Summer Reading Edition

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books Of 2021: Summer Reading Edition

    80 crime novels, mysteries, thrillers, and nonfiction books to keep you reading all summer long.

    By CrimeReads | May 13, 2021

    I Owe You My Childishness: An Author's Defense of Escapism, Fun, and Generally Licentious Behavior in Thrillers

    I Owe You My Childishness: An Author's Defense of Escapism, Fun, and Generally Licentious Behavior in Thrillers

    For Aidan Truhen, now is the time for morally disimproving books.

    By Aidan Truhen | May 13, 2021

    9 Great Thrillers Featuring Alter Egos

    9 Great Thrillers Featuring Alter Egos

    Regular Joe by day, murderer by night...

    By S.A. Lelchuk | May 12, 2021

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    The "Three-Dimensional Game-Board" of Agatha Christie's Country Houses

    From family estates to Christie's wartime residences, a look at the homes that inspired her settings.

    By Phyllis Richardson | May 11, 2021

    George Blake and the Prison Escape Story Hitchcock Spent The Last Decade of His Life Trying to Make

    George Blake and the Prison Escape Story Hitchcock Spent The Last Decade of His Life Trying to Make

    The spy who escaped prison and captured popular imagination.

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    New Books Coming Out This Week

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