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    Joan Little and the Killing of a Jailer

    Joan Little and the Killing of a Jailer

    Criminal Broads Presents The Cause Célèbre

    By Tori Telfer | September 26, 2019

    September's Best Debut Fiction

    September's Best Debut Fiction

    Literary spies, dogged reporters, and a fight against contagion.

    By CrimeReads | September 25, 2019

    Angel Luis Colón on Writing Violence, Finding New Voices, and Flipping Off the World

    Angel Luis Colón on Writing Violence, Finding New Voices, and Flipping Off the World

    The Bronx author is serious about changing the crime community.

    By Désirée Zamorano | September 25, 2019

    Now Streaming in Crime: September

    Now Streaming in Crime: September

    Your Guide to the Best Noir, Mystery, and Thrillers Now Streaming

    By Camille LeBlanc | September 25, 2019

    Hog Noir and the Morally Ambiguous Hero

    Hog Noir and the Morally Ambiguous Hero

    An infestation of feral hogs creates a bleak moral universe that can only be described in one word—noir.

    By Heather Harper Ellett | September 24, 2019

    Remembering an Odd, Artful 'Requiem for the Detective Novel'

    Remembering an Odd, Artful 'Requiem for the Detective Novel'

    In 1950, the Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt published a lost classic of crime fiction.

    By Gilly Macmillan | September 24, 2019

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    The Mysteries of Budapest

    By Paul French | September 23, 2019

    11 Essential True Crime Podcasts for Fall 2019

    By Emily Stein | September 20, 2019

    Law & Order SVU Has Been Going Strong for 20 Years—But the Original Was Better

    By Lilly Dancyger | September 20, 2019

    Authenticity is the Key for Writing a Compelling Setting

    Authenticity is the Key for Writing a Compelling Setting

    On setting a novel in Minnesota and talking more about more than the bitter, bitter cold

    By P.J. Tracy | September 20, 2019

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019: Part III

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019: Part III

    85 of the Year's Best New Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers

    By CrimeReads | September 19, 2019

    A Crime Author Grapples With the Old Question: Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?

    A Crime Author Grapples With the Old Question: Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?

    Reed Farrel Coleman on "borrowing from the headlines" and continuing a beloved Robert B. Parker series.

    By Reed Farrel Coleman | September 19, 2019

    On the Female Archetypes of True Crime

    On the Female Archetypes of True Crime

    Reading Rachel Monroe's Savage Appeties and Sady Doyle's Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers Together

    By Scarlett Harris | September 19, 2019

    Discovering a Lost Classic of 1970s Crime Fiction

    Discovering a Lost Classic of 1970s Crime Fiction

    Ralph Dennis was one of the best, and most neglected crime writers of the decade—and he's due for a revival.

    By Lee Goldberg | September 18, 2019

    Craig Johnson on the Enduring Popularity of <em>Longmire</em> and Its Deeply Human Characters

    Craig Johnson on the Enduring Popularity of Longmire and Its Deeply Human Characters

    Three years after the series wrap, Johnson is still crafting complex worlds for Walt Longmire—and readers are still connecting.

    By Scott Montgomery | September 18, 2019

    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of <em>Vice Squad</em>

    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of Vice Squad

    Celebrating a lost 1980s neo-noir classic

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