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    14 Rom Coms That Are Actually Pretty Noir

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    The Dubiously Devoted Employer and The Less-Than-Loyal Servant

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    Donald Westlake's Spiritual Side

    Donald Westlake's Spiritual Side

    Exploring the Hard-boiled Author's Gentler, Comic Crime

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    The Profoundly Unsettling World of Agatha Christie

    The Profoundly Unsettling World of Agatha Christie

    Anyone Is Capable of Murder. That's a Radical Idea.

    By Lucy Foley | February 13, 2019

    The 10 Most Cynical Things Georges Simenon Ever Wrote/Said/Pontificated

    The 10 Most Cynical Things Georges Simenon Ever Wrote/Said/Pontificated

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    By CrimeReads | February 13, 2019

    Ralph Dennis: The Lost 'Hardman' Classics

    Ralph Dennis: The Lost 'Hardman' Classics

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    By Lee Goldberg | February 12, 2019

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    Is Fictionalizing Crimes Inherently Exploitative?

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