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    Ishmael Reed’s Hoodoo Detective

    Ishmael Reed’s Hoodoo Detective

    The 1972 cult crime novel that explores Black identity, African religion, civilizations at war, and all of recorded history.

    By Scott Adlerberg | April 6, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 21

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 21

    Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    By Otto Penzler | April 6, 2020

    Blurring the Lines Between Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

    Blurring the Lines Between Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

    True crime becoming entertainment has enormous effects on the justice system.

    By Scarlett Harris | April 6, 2020

    Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist in history.

    Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist in history.

    Looking back on 100 years of the Queen of Crime.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 3, 2020

    The Rise of Australian True Crime Podcasts

    The Rise of Australian True Crime Podcasts

    Author Sara Foster on the growing world of true crime podcasting from down under.

    By Sara Foster | April 3, 2020

    Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow

    Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow

    The evolution of a career in crime fiction, from surf noir to borderland epics.

    By Bruce Riordan | April 3, 2020

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    10 Books You Should Read This April

    10 Books You Should Read This April

    The month's best new crime, mystery, and thriller fiction.

    By CrimeReads | April 1, 2020

    These Are Plot Descriptions of Actual Episodes from the 1960s Spy Television Series <em>The Man From U.N.C.L.E</em>, and Wow they are… Insane

    These Are Plot Descriptions of Actual Episodes from the 1960s Spy Television Series The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and Wow they are… Insane

    Sometimes the best medicine is bonkers 60s spycraft.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 1, 2020

    The Man Who Can’t Be Beat: <em>Peaky Blinders</em> and the Rise of Fascism

    The Man Who Can’t Be Beat: Peaky Blinders and the Rise of Fascism

    The Shelby crime family finds a new politics in 1920's Birmingham.

    By Torrey Crim | March 31, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 23

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 23

    Vertigo (1958)

    By Otto Penzler | March 31, 2020

    Your Guide to What's Streaming in April: Crime Edition

    Your Guide to What's Streaming in April: Crime Edition

    All the new shows and movies you need to get through a month of social distancing.

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 30, 2020

    The Crime Cinema Renaissance of 1990

    The Crime Cinema Renaissance of 1990

    30 years later, looking back at an epic year in crime movies.

    By Zach Vasquez | March 27, 2020

    The Dark, Strange Noirs of Pascal Garnier

    The Dark, Strange Noirs of Pascal Garnier

    Exploring the disorienting, unsettling novels of a French master.

    By Brian Greene | March 27, 2020

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