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    Are There Any Subjects Too Dark for Crime Fiction?

    Are There Any Subjects Too Dark for Crime Fiction?

    Crime Authors Debate the Possibilities & Limits of Noir...And Also Dinosaurs

    By Hannah Mary McKinnon | May 28, 2019

    Deadwood: The 10 Crimes That Explain Everything

    Deadwood: The 10 Crimes That Explain Everything

    Tell Johnny to open some peaches. It's time to discuss Deadwood.

    By Dwyer Murphy | May 24, 2019

    Raymond Chandler's Grudge Against British Mysteries, Reconsidered

    Raymond Chandler's Grudge Against British Mysteries, Reconsidered

    Chandler slammed English detective novels and their authors time and again. But he didn't hate the literature, just the class snobbery.

    By Curtis Evans | May 24, 2019

    Interview with a Bookstore: MysteryPeople

    Interview with a Bookstore: MysteryPeople

    Catching Up With Scott Montgomery, Crime Fiction Coordinator of BookPeople's Mystery Bookstore-within-a-Bookstore

    By Molly Odintz | May 24, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #54

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #54

    The Fugitive (1993)

    By Otto Penzler | May 24, 2019

    The Most Iconic Nose Injuries in the History of (Crime) Film

    The Most Iconic Nose Injuries in the History of (Crime) Film

    Sometimes a Busted Nose Is What Makes a Movie Truly Great

    By Dwyer Murphy | May 23, 2019

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    • American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs
    • Solace House

    Revisiting the Social Climber Novel and the American Dream

    By Anna Pitoniak | May 23, 2019

    Donald Goines and the Birth of Black Pulp Fiction

    By Kinohi Nishikawa | May 22, 2019

    May's Best Debut Thrillers and Crime Novels

    By CrimeReads | May 21, 2019

    The Crime Fiction of Athens

    The Crime Fiction of Athens

    Crime and the City Visits the Turbulent Greek Capital

    By Paul French | May 20, 2019

    Harper Lee and Truman Capote: Partners in Crime

    Harper Lee and Truman Capote: Partners in Crime

    Capote wanted an "assistant researchist." Lee got a train to Kansas and helped to revolutionize crime literature.

    By Casey Cep | May 17, 2019

    Now Streaming in Crime: May 2019

    Now Streaming in Crime: May 2019

    A Crime and Mystery Lover's Guide to What's Streaming Now

    By Camille LeBlanc | May 17, 2019

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer

    100 of the Season's Best Thrillers, Mysteries, and Noirs

    By CrimeReads | May 16, 2019

    The Groundbreaking Art of <br>Jim Steranko

    The Groundbreaking Art of
    Jim Steranko

    How a maverick artist's dark vision transformed the comics world and ushered in the graphic novel

    By Michael Gonzales | May 16, 2019

    Announcing the 2019 Anthony Award Nominees

    Announcing the 2019 Anthony Award Nominees

    Bouchercon Honors the Best of Crime and Mystery

    By CrimeReads | May 15, 2019

    Don't Use My Family For Your True Crime Stories

    Don't Use My Family For Your True Crime Stories

    What it's like to watch true crime as the relative of a murder victim.

    By Lilly Dancyger | May 15, 2019

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