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    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 | October 19, 2020

    10 Political True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Election Season

    10 Political True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Election Season

    If there's one arena never in shortage of addictive crime stories, it's politics.

    By Lizzy Steiner | October 19, 2020

    Six True Crime Books to Read This October

    Six True Crime Books to Read This October

    Coal country murders, books bound in skin, and code languages.

    By CrimeReads | October 16, 2020

    <em>Killing Them Softly</em> Is the Desperate, Pitch-Black Noir That Perfectly Captures What America Has Become

    Killing Them Softly Is the Desperate, Pitch-Black Noir That Perfectly Captures What America Has Become

    The 2012 film adapted the George V. Higgins classic and predicted the country's bleak road ahead.

    By Zach Vasquez | October 16, 2020

    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime: <br>A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime:
    A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    The creators of the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast on the the tricky business of fictional murder.

    By Layne Fargo | October 16, 2020

    <em>The Westing Game</em> may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

    The Westing Game may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

    On remembrance, inheritance, and legacy in one of the most beloved children's novels of all time.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 15, 2020

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    The Agatha Christie Centennial: 100 Years of The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    By J. Kingston Pierce | October 15, 2020

    I Didn't Set Out to Write a Book About the Argentine Scrabble Mafia But That's What I've Done

    By Daniel Tunnard | October 15, 2020

    Five Tips for Writing a Dual Narrative Mystery

    By Heather Young | October 15, 2020

    Justice for the Invisibles, by the Invisibles: A Brief History of Nontraditional Voices in Crime Fiction

    Justice for the Invisibles, by the Invisibles: A Brief History of Nontraditional Voices in Crime Fiction

    American crime stories featuring poor people and nontraditional voices are as old as Poe’s Dupin. And now, they're finally trending.

    By Christopher Chambers | October 14, 2020

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The "Vengeful Bitch"

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | October 14, 2020

    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 | October 13, 2020

    In crime fiction, anyone can be a murderer. That's what's so great about it.

    In crime fiction, anyone can be a murderer. That's what's so great about it.

    Lisa Jewell explores toxic masculinity in her latest thriller, but takes a stand for equal opportunity killing in the genre at large.

    By Lisa Jewell | October 13, 2020

    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    Mid-century pulps featuring women in love were meant to titillate straight men, but soon found their way to a lesbian audience desperate for representation.

    By Chloe Maveal | October 12, 2020

    James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

    James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

    Craft lessons distilled from one of crime fiction's all-time greats.

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 12, 2020

    How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

    How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

    "So he names us and he says okay start talking."

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 9, 2020

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