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Discovering the Women Authors Behind Hitchcock's Movies

Discovering the Women Authors Behind Hitchcock's Movies

How reading Patricia Highsmith and Daphne Du Maurier changed my understanding of the Master of Suspense.

By Leah Konen | June 30, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #11

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #11

Psycho (1960)

By Otto Penzler | June 30, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 12

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 12

The Sting (1973)

By Otto Penzler | June 29, 2020

Patricia Highsmith: Preying on Our Minds

Patricia Highsmith: Preying on Our Minds

Why reading Highsmith's novels resonates so deeply—and disturbingly—in unsettled times.

By Sarah Hilary | June 26, 2020

<em>The Great Muppet Caper</em> Is the Loveliest Crime Movie Ever

The Great Muppet Caper Is the Loveliest Crime Movie Ever

Four decades ago, a ragtag group of vaguely self-aware puppets solved the greatest jewel heist in the world, and it was wonderful.

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 26, 2020

The 12 Greatest, Strangest, Most Transfixing Dance Scenes in the History of Crime Movies

The 12 Greatest, Strangest, Most Transfixing Dance Scenes in the History of Crime Movies

Because people may cheat, steal, and kill, but their hips don't lie.

By Dwyer Murphy | June 26, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Uncanny Appeal of Sole Survivor Stories

By Richard Farrell | June 25, 2020

The Best Books of 2020 (So Far)

By CrimeReads | June 24, 2020

Ottessa Moshfegh on Dreams, Nightmares, and a Rediscovered Novel

By Michael Seidlinger | June 24, 2020

<em>American Gods</em> has a new annotated version with a Sherlockian twist

American Gods has a new annotated version with a Sherlockian twist

American Gods">Catching up with Leslie Klinger to discuss his "Sherlockian" approach to annotating Neil Gaiman's American Gods

By Aaron Robertson | June 24, 2020

The Uneasy Noirs of <br>Stephen King

The Uneasy Noirs of
Stephen King

From Bachman to The Outsider, King revels in subtly subverting the rules of mystery.

By Nick Kolakowski | June 22, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #13

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #13

Double Indemnity (1944)

By Otto Penzler | June 22, 2020

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Sarah Weinman on "the Gordian knot holding together Poe's tumultuous life and fragmented personality with his body of work"—and an audacious biography.

By Sarah Weinman | June 19, 2020

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

I Object...To Unrealistic Courtroom Drama

By Craig Pittman | June 19, 2020

Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs

Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs

She wrote some of the greatest crime movies in Hollywood's Golden Age. Today, we know almost nothing about her.

By Chris McGinley | June 19, 2020

Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

Erle Stanley Gardner had an idea for a lawyer who liked to brawl on behalf of the little guy. 170 million copies later, he had an icon.

By Lee Randall | June 18, 2020

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