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    7 International True Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

    7 International True Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

    Con men, fugitives, Irish gangsters, and more.

    By Paul French | July 13, 2020

    10 New Books Coming Out <br>This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out
    This Week

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

    By CrimeReads | July 13, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 8

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 8

    Out of the Past (1947)

    By Otto Penzler | July 13, 2020

    Finally, A New Children's Book About Agatha Christie

    Finally, A New Children's Book About Agatha Christie

    An exciting find in a children's book landscape that rarely celebrates the heroines of genre fiction.

    By Radha Vatsal | July 10, 2020

    What's Wrong With the Strong Female Character?

    What's Wrong With the Strong Female Character?

    From Our New Partner Podcast Unlikeable Female Characters

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | July 10, 2020

    How I Helped Bring Gay Men to the World of International Thrillers—And Found a Readership of Women in the Process

    How I Helped Bring Gay Men to the World of International Thrillers—And Found a Readership of Women in the Process

    In a genre long dominated by action and archetypes, an author discovers a new audience.

    By Timothy Jay Smith | July 10, 2020

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
    • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
    • Queen of Lombard Street
    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
    • The Turning of Sally-Mae

    The Missing Link Between Golden Age Detectives, Hardboiled Noir, and Hallucinogenic Adventure

    By Joe R. Lansdale | July 10, 2020

    The Day Dashiell Hammett Was Dragged Into Court Over a Bail Fund for Political Prisoners and Refused to Name Names

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 9, 2020

    My First Thriller: Steve Berry

    By Rick Pullen | July 9, 2020

    The Massively Popular, Mostly Forgotten Craze for American Style Noir in WWII-Era Britain

    The Massively Popular, Mostly Forgotten Craze for American Style Noir in WWII-Era Britain

    In 1939, amidst violence and wartime shortages, one hardboiled noir took the nation by storm, provoked moral outrage, and inspired legions of imitators.

    By Andrew Nette | July 9, 2020

    Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!

    Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!

    Yes, the historic architecture is appealing and the price is right, but the blood oozing out of the wall is a deal breaker...

    By Riley Sager | July 9, 2020

    A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction

    A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction

    "The first well-drawn, fully-developed queer women characters I ever encountered were in the pages of crime fiction."

    By Kristen Lepionka | July 8, 2020

    Do the Best Adaptations Keep the Author At Arm's Length?

    Do the Best Adaptations Keep the Author At Arm's Length?

    A screenwriter and crime writer thinks back on 20 years of the collaborative process.

    By David Klass | July 8, 2020

    Why Genre Labels Are Utterly Meaningless But Incredibly Fun to Debate, Especially While Drinking

    Why Genre Labels Are Utterly Meaningless But Incredibly Fun to Debate, Especially While Drinking

    Is Indiana Jones an adventure story or a heist movie? Is Brody the hero of 'Jaws' or is the shark? It all depends on perspective.

    By Jay Stringer | July 8, 2020

    Growing up Queer in Texas—and Discovering a Different World Through the Mysteries of Barbara Vine

    Growing up Queer in Texas—and Discovering a Different World Through the Mysteries of Barbara Vine

    "How could anyone possibly be accepted as two people at once?"

    By John Fram | July 7, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 9

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 9

    White Heat (1949)

    By Otto Penzler | July 6, 2020

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