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    100 Years Ago, the World's Biggest Action Star Was a Woman Named Pearl

    100 Years Ago, the World's Biggest Action Star Was a Woman Named Pearl

    The forgotten history of "Fearless Peerless Pearl" and the brief heyday of silent movie action heroines.

    By Radha Vatsal | February 12, 2020

    The Difficult Art of Ending a Crime Fiction Series

    The Difficult Art of Ending a Crime Fiction Series

    Two authors—working from opposite ends of Florida—bring epic noir series to a close, and live to tell the tale.

    By Steph Post | February 12, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #31

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #31

    Murder, My Sweet (1944)

    By Otto Penzler | February 12, 2020

    Worldbuilding: Crime and Fantasy Books Have More in Common Than You Might Think

    Worldbuilding: Crime and Fantasy Books Have More in Common Than You Might Think

    In noir, as in fantasy, it's all about finding the right details.

    By Kelly Braffet | February 11, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #32

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #32

    The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    By Otto Penzler | February 11, 2020

    Stolen Art, Nazis, and the Eternal Search for Justice

    Stolen Art, Nazis, and the Eternal Search for Justice

    75 years after the end of WWII, the search for stolen art continues.

    By Lawrence Dudley | February 10, 2020

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    'The Outsider' Is a Classic Monster Story. So Why Disguise It as a Detective Show?

    By Olivia Rutigliano | February 7, 2020

    American Dirt Is The Latest Shot Fired in the Genre Wars

    By Aya de Leon | February 7, 2020

    The New Wave of Thrillers Featuring Deeply Flawed Characters

    The New Wave of Thrillers Featuring Deeply Flawed Characters

    Readers want flaws. Lots of them. They make the stories human.

    By Christina McDonald | February 7, 2020

    On the Trail of Hollywood's Stolen Oscars

    On the Trail of Hollywood's Stolen Oscars

    Olivia Rutigliano navigates the strange, semi-secret marketplace for Hollywood's most coveted statues.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | February 5, 2020

    My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy

    My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy

    In 1943, a Harvard librarian was quietly recruited by the OSS to save the scattered books of Europe.

    By Kathy Peiss | February 5, 2020

    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of <em>Chinatown</em>

    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of Chinatown

    The strange, unlikely events in 1969 that set Robert Towne on a course to write one of the greatest films ever made.

    By Sam Wasson | February 4, 2020

    Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character

    Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character

    From 1950s L.A. to Savannah's iconic squares, these books bring time and place alive in unforgettable ways.

    By Sarah Pinborough | February 4, 2020

    Carl Hiaasen: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Carl Hiaasen: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Discover the wild, corrupt, uproarious world of Hiaasen's Florida.

    By Neil Nyren | January 30, 2020

    The Strange Rural Noir of Wilma Dykeman’s <em>The Tall Woman</em>

    The Strange Rural Noir of Wilma Dykeman’s The Tall Woman

    Rediscovering A Lost Classic of Mid-Century Literature

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