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    My First Thriller: Lee Child

    My First Thriller: Lee Child

    How the creator of Jack Reacher got fired, started writing, found a pen name, found an agent, and launched a new career.

    By Rick Pullen | April 2, 2020

    Raymond Chandler Wanted Cary Grant to Play Philip Marlowe.

    Raymond Chandler Wanted Cary Grant to Play Philip Marlowe.

    What a different movie that would have been.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 2, 2020

    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

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

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 30, 2020

    The Crime Cinema Renaissance of 1990

    By Zach Vasquez | March 27, 2020

    The Dark, Strange Noirs of Pascal Garnier

    By Brian Greene | March 27, 2020

    12 True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Spring

    12 True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Spring

    New Shows to Discover + New Seasons of Old Favorites = Never-Ending Podcast Binge

    By Lizzy Steiner | March 26, 2020

    The Artist Who Captured America's Most Dramatic Courtroom Moments—And Was Hounded by the FBI

    The Artist Who Captured America's Most Dramatic Courtroom Moments—And Was Hounded by the FBI

    The life, work, and strange times of Arnold Mesches

    By Alix Lambert | March 25, 2020

    How to Start a Love Affair with Audiobooks

    How to Start a Love Affair with Audiobooks

    Podcasts taught me how to listen, and other tips for going from audiobook failure to audiobook addict.

    By Victoria Helen Stone | March 25, 2020

    Quaint English Village Murder Mystery TV Shows with a Million Seasons, for Your Binge-Watching Pleasure During These Hard Times

    Quaint English Village Murder Mystery TV Shows with a Million Seasons, for Your Binge-Watching Pleasure During These Hard Times

    Come for the thatched roofs and bicycles...stay for the murder.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 24, 2020

    A Sense of Dread Is the Key to Dark Fiction—These Five Women Authors Have Mastered It

    A Sense of Dread Is the Key to Dark Fiction—These Five Women Authors Have Mastered It

    Five short stories that conjure up an immediate and inescapable feeling that something bad is about to happen.

    By Rachel Harrison | March 24, 2020

    Why Journalists Have Such a Hard Time Writing About Themselves

    Why Journalists Have Such a Hard Time Writing About Themselves

    And why turning to fiction is the solution for many.

    By Christi Daugherty | March 23, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 24

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 24

    The Killers (1946)

    By Otto Penzler | March 23, 2020

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