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    The Uneasy Noirs of <br>Stephen King

    The Uneasy Noirs of
    Stephen King

    From Bachman to The Outsider, King revels in subtly subverting the rules of mystery.

    By Nick Kolakowski | June 22, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #13

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #13

    Double Indemnity (1944)

    By Otto Penzler | June 22, 2020

    How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

    How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

    I Object...To Unrealistic Courtroom Drama

    By Craig Pittman | June 19, 2020

    Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs

    Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs

    She wrote some of the greatest crime movies in Hollywood's Golden Age. Today, we know almost nothing about her.

    By Chris McGinley | June 19, 2020

    Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

    Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

    Erle Stanley Gardner had an idea for a lawyer who liked to brawl on behalf of the little guy. 170 million copies later, he had an icon.

    By Lee Randall | June 18, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #14

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #14

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

    By Otto Penzler | June 18, 2020

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    India's Most Celebrated Film Director Was Also a Bestselling Detective Novelist

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 17, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #15

    By Otto Penzler | June 15, 2020

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

    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:
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    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

    Falling in Love with <em>The Rockford Files</em>—All Over Again

    Falling in Love with The Rockford Files—All Over Again

    James Garner and 'The Rockford Files' didn’t just humanize the TV private detective; for some, the show was a kind of guide to life.

    By Nathan Ward | June 4, 2020

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

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

    Perry Mason, international espionage, and more HBO shows that you can reasonably get through in one month.

    By Dwyer Murphy | June 3, 2020

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