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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #29

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #29

    The Big Sleep (1946)

    By Otto Penzler | February 17, 2020

    True Romance: 7 Noir Love Stories

    True Romance: 7 Noir Love Stories

    This Valentine's Day, consider some noir counter-programming.

    By Nick Kolakowski | February 14, 2020

    Violent Delights, Violent Ends: 5 Savage Cinematic Visions of Romeo and Juliet

    Violent Delights, Violent Ends: 5 Savage Cinematic Visions of Romeo and Juliet

    Shakespeare's great romance is also a wickedly violent story of tribalism, vengeance, and blood.

    By Zach Vasquez | February 14, 2020

    15 Crime Movies Where Love Comes as a Surprise

    15 Crime Movies Where Love Comes as a Surprise

    When you least expect it, expect it. This goes for both love AND crime.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | February 14, 2020

    Six Nonfiction Books You Should Read This February

    Six Nonfiction Books You Should Read This February

    Colonial Murders, Iconic Outlaws, Brilliant Criminalists, Driven Filmmakers, and Never-Solved Crimes

    By CrimeReads | February 13, 2020

    How Charles Dickens Presaged the Rise of True Crime Podcasts

    How Charles Dickens Presaged the Rise of True Crime Podcasts

    Barnaby Rudge was a new kind of 'crime' story, with an unresolved murder tale which unfolded orally and serially. Today's podcasters are chasing the same magic.

    By Susan Cook | February 13, 2020

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    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
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    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #30

    By Otto Penzler | February 13, 2020

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

    By Radha Vatsal | February 12, 2020

    The Difficult Art of Ending a Crime Fiction Series

    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

    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

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