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    10 Movies That Will Make Any Kid Into a Lover of Classic Suspense

    10 Movies That Will Make Any Kid Into a Lover of Classic Suspense

    A childhood history, one great movie at a time.

    By Paige Shelton | December 4, 2019

    Tips for Writing Speculative Detective Fiction

    Tips for Writing Speculative Detective Fiction

    How can you keep a commitment to reason and procedure when rules of reality no longer apply?

    By Tyler Hayes | December 4, 2019

    Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead

    Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead

    A wide-ranging conversation with the author and filmmaker.

    By Michael Seidlinger | December 2, 2019

    The Best and Most Binge-Worthy Thrillers for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

    The Best and Most Binge-Worthy Thrillers for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

    So Many Thrillers to Watch, So Many Leftovers to Eat

    By Camille LeBlanc | November 27, 2019

    Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

    Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

    Mauro Altamura signed up as an extra on 'The Irishman'—he'd been struggling with the legacy of the Hoffa killing for 50 years.

    By Mauro Altamura | November 27, 2019

    <em>Knives Out</em> Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

    Knives Out Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

    Rian Johnson's new movie celebrates the whodunit—while also skewering its traditional power structure to condemn the 1%

    By Olivia Rutigliano | November 27, 2019

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    By Con Lehane | November 25, 2019

    The Crime Fiction Series That Defined the Last Decade

    By CrimeReads | November 22, 2019

    The 10 Best True Crime Books of the Last Decade

    By CrimeReads | November 21, 2019

    How a Gang of Heavy Metal Stoners Went to 1980s L.A. and Became the Notorious MS-13

    How a Gang of Heavy Metal Stoners Went to 1980s L.A. and Became the Notorious MS-13

    In the 1980s, L.A. was a mecca for street gangs. When civil war drove thousands of Salvadorans there, a violent new culture grew.

    By Óscar Martínez and Juan José Martínez | November 21, 2019

    A Tale of Two Sex Worker <br>Heist Stories

    A Tale of Two Sex Worker
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    Aya de Leon on Hustlers, social justice, and the complicated intersection of feminism and crime.

    By Aya de Leon | November 21, 2019

    Europe Is Obsessed With These Crime Series—You Will Be, Too

    Europe Is Obsessed With These Crime Series—You Will Be, Too

    A look at the best crime TV shows Europeans are watching now.

    By Paul French | November 21, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #34

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #34

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    By Otto Penzler | November 21, 2019

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    The 10 Best Crime Novels of the Last Decade

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    By CrimeReads | November 20, 2019

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    The Great Third Wheels of Literature

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    By Annaleese Jochems | November 20, 2019

    Film Noir Perfectly Captures the Mass Torment and Paranoia of the Mid-Twentieth Century

    Film Noir Perfectly Captures the Mass Torment and Paranoia of the Mid-Twentieth Century

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