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    Die Hard with a Vengeance is the most relatable "summer in the city" movie ever

    "Too many films are love-letters to New York City; Die Hard with a Vengeance is one of its rare pieces of hate mail."

    August 12, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Beautifully Skewed Insights of Protagonists with Uncertain Inner Lives

    When a novel's worldview comes untethered from reality, that's when the magic happens.

    August 12, 2021  By Brandon Graham
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    A History of Serial Killers Who Went Quiet Before Being Caught

    Dormant for years (or even decades), these infamous criminals were undone by new technology, old passions, or giant egos.

    August 11, 2021  By Joanna Schaffhausen
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    What's the Secret to Writing a Bestseller? Hint: There Isn't One.

    "No one—and I mean no one, not your editor, not the publisher, not the critics—has any idea what makes one book sell millions of copies while other, often better, books do not."

    August 11, 2021  By Joy Fielding
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    Using Fiction to Demonstrate the Power of Therapy

    Shanora Williams takes mental health seriously. Her new psychological thriller warns against the dangers of letting trauma fester.

    August 11, 2021  By Shanora Williams
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    Florence Rush and the Providence White Slavers

    The profitable panic that inspired both journalists and crime writers to focus on the (extremely exaggerated) crisis of "white slavery"

    August 10, 2021  By Curtis Evans
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    A New Wave of Crime Fiction Explores Collective Guilt and Individual Complicity

    Crime fiction is working to represent a more abstract antagonist—institutions and ideologies that perpetuate violence—and a harder-to-pin form of guilt: complicity.

    August 10, 2021  By Ashley Winstead
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    August 9, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Rediscovering the Sly, Seductive Jazz Mysteries of Charlotte Carter

    30 years ago, Carter addressed racism, colorism, classism, and sexism head on. Her books feel just as relevant today.

    August 9, 2021  By Caitlin Landuyt
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    A Brief History of Cognac's POLAR Festival

    Since 1996, the city of Cognac has celebrated the art of the thriller with a convention that draws fans and authors from all over.

    August 9, 2021  By Bernard Bec
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