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    The 19 Most Polished Detectives in Crime Film and TV

    The 19 Most Polished Detectives in Crime Film and TV

    These suave detectives and gentleman sleuths will solve your crime faster than it takes to put on their suit in the morning.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 22, 2023

    Panic Like It’s 1999: <em>Analyze This</em>, <em>The Sopranos</em>, and Mob Men in Therapy

    Panic Like It’s 1999: Analyze This, The Sopranos, and Mob Men in Therapy

    The Sopranos and Analyze This lay bare how mobster characters...are often the personification of a problematic vision of American masculinity."">"The Sopranos and Analyze This lay bare how mobster characters...are often the personification of a problematic vision of American masculinity."

    By Devin McGrath-Conwell | June 22, 2023

    The Five Best Debut Novels of the Month

    The Five Best Debut Novels of the Month

    June's best first novels from the world of crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | June 22, 2023

    The Backlist: Revisiting Dorothy Sayers’ “The Man Who Knew How” with Liv Constantine

    The Backlist: Revisiting Dorothy Sayers’ “The Man Who Knew How” with Liv Constantine

    Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, returning to some of their favorite books.

    By Polly Stewart | June 22, 2023

    Clémence Michallon On the Ethics of Writing Violence and the Banality of Serial Killers

    Clémence Michallon On the Ethics of Writing Violence and the Banality of Serial Killers

    "I was trying to depict a serial killer as they exist in the real world. They're usually just some guy. Some unimpressive person."

    By Kate Brody | June 21, 2023

    Shop Talk: Wanda Morris Tears Through Those Yellow Legal Pads and Blue Pilot G-2 Gel Ink Pens

    Shop Talk: Wanda Morris Tears Through Those Yellow Legal Pads and Blue Pilot G-2 Gel Ink Pens

    Crime writers talking craft, routine, and tools of the trade

    By Eli Cranor | June 21, 2023

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    • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
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    • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
    • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
    • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

    On Millennial Aging and Nostalgia in Thrillers

    By Rebecca McKanna | June 21, 2023

    Sun, Sand, and Sin: A Dive into Gulf Coast Noir

    By Rachel Cochran | June 21, 2023

    Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager Talk Horror, Thrillers, and Craft

    By Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager | June 20, 2023

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    By CrimeReads | June 20, 2023

    <em>Asteroid City</em> is Wes Anderson's Metaphysical Masterpiece

    Asteroid City is Wes Anderson's Metaphysical Masterpiece

    The director's new sci-fi movie is a lovely meditation on unknowable phenomena of all kinds: love, death, and aliens

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 16, 2023

    The Best International Crime Fiction of June

    The Best International Crime Fiction of June

    Meddling kids in China, mysterious housekeepers in Sweden, murderous mourners in Japan, and vengeful sisters in Brazil.

    By Molly Odintz | June 16, 2023

    Latinx Horror and Crime Fiction to Check Out in 2023

    Latinx Horror and Crime Fiction to Check Out in 2023

    There's an incredible new wave of horror and crime from Latin authors.

    By Molly Odintz | June 15, 2023

    Alison Gaylin on the Challenges of Bringing a Robert B. Parker PI into the Social Media Era

    Alison Gaylin on the Challenges of Bringing a Robert B. Parker PI into the Social Media Era

    How Sunny Randall got on Instagram

    By Alison Gaylin | June 15, 2023

    The Butcher, The Embezzler, and the Fall Guy

    The Butcher, The Embezzler, and the Fall Guy

    A strange story of greed, corruption, and the meat industry, from early 20th century Minnesota.

    By Gretchen Eberhart Cherington | June 15, 2023

    Marilyn Monroe Was Murdered, And Three Other Conspiracy Theories I Believe

    Marilyn Monroe Was Murdered, And Three Other Conspiracy Theories I Believe

    When it comes to the doings of the rich and powerful, Julia Heaberlin has some questions.

    By Julia Heaberlin | June 14, 2023

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