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    Shane’s Lot: How a 1949 Gun-Toting Loner Still Rides Through American Literature

    Maria Hummel on American Iconography and the 21st Century Revival of Western Writing

    January 10, 2024  By Maria Hummel
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    How An Obsession With Art Crime Became a Thriller

    Artist and author Jonathan Santlofer on the many works examining art fraud, theft, and looting that informed his new book

    January 9, 2024  By Jonathan Santlofer
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    Passionate Distortions: Patricia Highsmith and the Female Protagonist

    Katia Lief on channeling Highsmith's powerful, repulsive character studies for a new era

    January 9, 2024  By Katia Lief
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    Rian Johnson on the Genius of John Dickson Carr

    Read an excerpt from the filmmaker's introduction to the new re-release of Carr's heady mystery, "The Problem of the Wire Cage"

    January 8, 2024  By Rian Johnson
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    January 8, 2024  By CrimeReads 
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    Rian Johnson and Olivia Rutigliano talk Poker Face, Knives Out, and Golden Age Mysteries

    The filmmaker discusses his influences, his hobbies, and his enthusiasm for the works of forgotten Golden Age writer John Dickson Carr. And that's not all!

    January 5, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Was 'The Leopard Man' Hollywood's First Slasher Film?

    How Cornell Woolrich's formally innovative serial killer novel 'Black Alibi' was adapted for the screen.

    January 4, 2024  By Scott Adlerberg
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    Cozy Mystery Subgenres: Making the Perfect Blend

    Mixing it up with historical, paranormal, and romantic cozies

    January 4, 2024  By Patricia Sargeant, writing as Olivia Matthews 
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    The Importance of the Plot Twist

    Heidi Perks on when and how to reveal the twists that will keep readers guessing throughout your novel.

    January 3, 2024  By Heidi Perks
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    What Makes a Forest Such a Seductive Setting for Fiction?

    Terri Parlato considers what draws us to the deep, dark woods

    January 3, 2024  By Terri Parlato
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