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    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

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #33

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #33

    Criss Cross (1949)

    By Otto Penzler | February 10, 2020

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

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

    HBO's new Stephen King adaptation plays a complex genre game.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | February 7, 2020

    <em>American Dirt</em> Is The Latest Shot Fired in the Genre Wars

    American Dirt Is The Latest Shot Fired in the Genre Wars

    American Dirt may be trauma porn, but that doesn't mean that a novel engaged with politics has to be literary—on the contrary, commercial fiction reaches a far wider audience.

    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

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    On the Trail of Hollywood's Stolen Oscars

    By Olivia Rutigliano | February 5, 2020

    My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy

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

    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

    By Chris McGinley | January 29, 2020

    Checking in with 2019's Breakout Crime Authors

    Checking in with 2019's Breakout Crime Authors

    These crime authors broke through in a big way last year. We find out how their lives changed and what they're anticipating ahead.

    By Lisa Levy | January 29, 2020

    How to Travel Like a Crime Novelist

    How to Travel Like a Crime Novelist

    It's all research, especially when you ask about the escape routes.

    By Jeff Gunhus | January 29, 2020

    What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History

    What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History

    An unedited shot can create incredible tension and excitement—it works for novelists, too.

    By Nicci French | January 28, 2020

    Who is Rodney Reed? A Primer on this Texas Death Row Case

    Who is Rodney Reed? A Primer on this Texas Death Row Case

    A brief introduction to the principal figures of a complex case earning comparisons to To Kill A Mockingbird

    By Nile Cappello | January 28, 2020

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