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    Chekhov's Nail Gun: Lethal Weapon 2 and the Calibration of Expectations

    Olivia Rutigliano on one of the cleverest sequels in action movie history

    March 14, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

    Aggie Blum Thompson on the art of the late chapter reveal.

    March 14, 2025  By Aggie Blum Thompson
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    Jacqueline Faber: Rewriting Kitty Genovese on the 61st Anniversary of Her Murder

    Kitty Genovese's death was framed as the cost of urban callousness. But the true story is far more complicated—and contains far more humanity.

    March 13, 2025  By Jacqueline Faber
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    How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

    On "the procedural as its own separate space in mystery storytelling."

    March 13, 2025  By Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare
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    On Season One of Search Party

    Olivia Rutigliano does a deep dive into one of the great, under-sung mystery pastiches

    March 12, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

    Kate Maruyama on horror and...not fiction.

    March 12, 2025  By Kate Maruyama
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    How a Career as a Diplomat Informed a Life as a Writer

    "[D]iplomatic life can look charming and elegant in movies. In reality, it can prove dangerous and stressful. What does this have to do with writing? Everything."

    March 12, 2025  By Stephen Holgate
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    Nick Kolakowski on Mining the Past for a Hollywood Fixer Mystery

    In 'Where the Bones Lie,' the usual Hollywood madness is spinning out of control.

    March 11, 2025  By Nick Kolakowski
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    18th-Century Satire, Communist Anthem, 1950s Pop Song: The Many Lives of Mack the Knife

    "How did such a cruel, ruthless criminal become the subject of a Grammy award-winning hit single?"

    March 10, 2025  By Phil Lecomber
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    Turns Out, There's a Sequel to The Westing Game

    Ellen Raskin's estate contains not one but two previously unpublished mystery treasures

    March 7, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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