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Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

A 1965 novel about racial injustice and police brutality in the Deep South was hailed by critics and made into a major movie. The story would haunt its author until the bitter end.

By Michael Gonzales | June 11, 2020

<em>Good Girls</em>, <em>Weeds</em>, And The Problem with Suburban Criminality on Screen

Good Girls, Weeds, And The Problem with Suburban Criminality on Screen

They're not doing it for their families. They're doing it for the ideals of middle-class consumerism.

By Molly Odintz | June 11, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #16

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #16

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

By Otto Penzler | June 10, 2020

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical "Nice Guy" Cop

Meet the insidious Mr. Bucket, who embodies Dickens' misgivings about the police force he once enthusiastically supported

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 9, 2020

John Logan, Creator of Penny Dreadful, on His New Spinoff Series, City of Angels

John Logan, Creator of Penny Dreadful, on His New Spinoff Series, City of Angels

"You can't imagine how happy I am to be writing a proper crime story!"

By Michael Barson | June 5, 2020

My First Thriller: <br>Tess Gerritsen

My First Thriller:
Tess Gerritsen

How the creator of Rizzoli & Isles went from working late-night hospital shifts in Honolulu to writing bestselling thrillers.

By Rick Pullen | June 4, 2020

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Falling in Love with The Rockford Files—All Over Again

By Nathan Ward | June 4, 2020

Your Guide to What's Streaming in June: Crime Edition

By Dwyer Murphy | June 3, 2020

The Copyright Battle that Gave Cinematic Life to Dracula

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 26, 2020

What Jessica Fletcher Is Reading During the Quarantine

What Jessica Fletcher Is Reading During the Quarantine

The Queen of Cabot Cove Recommends Eight Books For Fans of Murder, She Wrote

By Jessica Fletcher | May 26, 2020

The Great Elmore Leonard Renaissance of the Late ‘90s

The Great Elmore Leonard Renaissance of the Late ‘90s

Leonard was always popular in Hollywood. A trio of stylish adaptations in the 1990s helped make him a superstar.

By Zach Vasquez | May 22, 2020

John Waters: Kissin’ Cousin of Crime

John Waters: Kissin’ Cousin of Crime

A Crime Reader's Guide to the Pope of Trash

By Thomas Pluck | May 21, 2020

Read Bong Joon Ho's <em>Parasite</em> as a Graphic Novel in Storyboards

Read Bong Joon Ho's Parasite as a Graphic Novel in Storyboards

It's going to change the way you watch the movie.

By Bong Joon Ho | May 20, 2020

Victorians Were Obsessed with the Idea that George Eliot Had Two Different-Sized Hands

Victorians Were Obsessed with the Idea that George Eliot Had Two Different-Sized Hands

Presenting one of the 19th century's most random mysteries, and the modern scholar who solved it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 19, 2020

The Most Iconic Detective Sidekicks, Ranked

The Most Iconic Detective Sidekicks, Ranked

45 of the greatest detective-adjacent crime-solvers in history.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 14, 2020

The Rise of the Female Stalker in Fiction and Film

The Rise of the Female Stalker in Fiction and Film

From Single White Female to Ingrid Goes West, a brief history of fictional takes on female stalkers.

By Liv Constantine | May 13, 2020

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