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    Hitchcock Presents: A Brief History of the Weird, Wild Hitchcock Shows That Once Dominated TV

    In the 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock was everywhere, and his anthology series became a hotbed for young talent and strange stories.

    By Keith Roysdon | March 24, 2021

    Jacqueline Winspear: How I Became A Mystery Writer While Breaking Every Rule

    Jacqueline Winspear: How I Became A Mystery Writer While Breaking Every Rule

    The author of the iconic Maisie Dobbs series remembers her early days as an author and questions the nature of genre.

    By Jacqueline Winspear | March 23, 2021

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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    By CrimeReads | March 22, 2021

    An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?

    An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?

    "The opioid epidemic is a web that has been carefully created and meticulously woven by healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies, politicians, lawmakers and legislators."

    By Christina McDonald | March 22, 2021

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    That Time Scientists Discovered a Creature in Loch Ness and Then Realized It Was a Sunken Prop from The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    An amazing example of life imitating art, concerning a movie about how the Loch Ness Monster isn't really the Loch Ness Monster.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 22, 2021

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    Betrayal Is Timeless: The Evolution of George Smiley 

    In 1961, John le Carré's readers were introduced to a new kind of spy, a “breathtakingly ordinary” man.

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    This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch The Fugitive

    Most people don't realize that the beloved thriller is a "Saint Patrick's Day movie," or even what that means, but it is. Oh, it is.

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    Murder Tourism in Middle America: The World of Truman Capote's <em>In Cold Blood</em>

    Murder Tourism in Middle America: The World of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

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    On Keeping Chickens in the Literary Enclave of Oxford, Mississippi

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    Forever Trespassing Into History: An Author's Reflections on Retelling Historical Episodes as Fiction

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    How Reading Mystery Novels Made Me a Better Fantasy Writer

    How Reading Mystery Novels Made Me a Better Fantasy Writer

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