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    Shop Talk: Laura Lippman Is a Morning Writer (But the Walk Comes First)

    Crime writers talking routine, exercise, posture, and making sure you can punch the keys hard enough.

    February 3, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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    How Lee Child's Killing Floor Was Transformed Into "Reacher"

    After years of waiting, Reacher fans have a new hero—and a story that goes back to the beginning. Lee Child's biographer, Heather Martin, looks at the brand new series.

    February 3, 2022  By Heather Martin
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    Crime and Redemption in the Films of the Dardenne Brothers

    The Belgian filmmakers have been exploring the quieter, more human moments of crime stories since the very beginning.

    February 3, 2022  By Chris McGinley
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    Finding Inspiration At A Former Military Base on the Big Island

    There is much fodder for crime fiction in Hawaiʻi's long and complicated relationship with the US military.

    February 3, 2022  By Robert McCaw
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    Beyond Helpmates and Victims: The Rise of the Proto-Feminist Detective Novel

    "The star detective writers of the post-war period were all women—and working women too."

    February 3, 2022  By Michelle Birkby
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    Sherlock Holmes's Artistic Ancestry

    Why did Conan Doyle decide to connect his fictional character with the Vernets, a family of distinguished French artists?

    February 2, 2022  By Timothy Miller
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    Paul Vidich on the Pleasures of the Literary Spy Novel and the Ethical Ambiguities of the Late Cold War

    Vidich discusses his new novel, a Berlin tale with a nod to Hitchcock and a fascinating basis in the memoirs of Stasi spy chiefs.

    February 2, 2022  By Alex Segura
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    The Art of Throwing Truly Memorable Parties – In Suspense Novels

    Lara Elena Donnelly on dinner parties, galas, country weekends and the many tortures they inflict on characters with secrets to hide.

    February 2, 2022  By Lara Elena Donnelly
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    V.C. Andrews and the Battle Against School Censorship

    Flowers in the Attic was banned from numerous districts for depictions of child abuse and incest. Everyone still read it.

    February 1, 2022  By Andrew Neiderman
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    The Best New Crime Fiction Coming Out This Month

    February has new novels from Sara Gran, Rob Hart, Jane Pek, Paul Vidich, and more.

    February 1, 2022  By CrimeReads 
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