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    Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone <br>But The Dog

    Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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    The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    California crime writers discuss police, fires, pandemic, proposition politics, and the future of crime fiction.

    By Lisa Levy | January 11, 2021

    ‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

    ‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

    From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

    By Christopher Fowler | January 11, 2021

    All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

    All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

    What's more suspenseful than waiting on a letter from someone with a story to tell?

    By Amy Stewart | January 11, 2021

    A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators

    A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators

    In the late Sixties everyone wanted to create a TV detective. But how to make your fictional sleuth stand apart?

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    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Fifty years later, the investigation into the mysterious death of actor George Reeves, TV's Superman, still resonates.

    By Sabina Stent | January 7, 2021

    Juana Barraza: The Woman Who Was Killing Mexico's Elderly Women

    Juana Barraza: The Woman Who Was Killing Mexico's Elderly Women

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

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    10 Novels You Should Read This January

    10 Novels You Should Read This January

    The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | January 5, 2021

    Hemingway's Politics Were No Secret—Just Read His Only Crime Novel

    Hemingway's Politics Were No Secret—Just Read His Only Crime Novel

    To Have and Have Not, Hemingway's patchwork Depression-era crime novel, was the story of one man's radicalization.

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