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P. D. James: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

P. D. James: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

She refined the crime novel to its dark, poetic core and created a roster of iconic detectives along the way.

By Neil Nyren | July 2, 2020

Discovering the Women Authors Behind Hitchcock's Movies

Discovering the Women Authors Behind Hitchcock's Movies

How reading Patricia Highsmith and Daphne Du Maurier changed my understanding of the Master of Suspense.

By Leah Konen | June 30, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #11

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #11

Psycho (1960)

By Otto Penzler | June 30, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 12

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 12

The Sting (1973)

By Otto Penzler | June 29, 2020

Patricia Highsmith: Preying on Our Minds

Patricia Highsmith: Preying on Our Minds

Why reading Highsmith's novels resonates so deeply—and disturbingly—in unsettled times.

By Sarah Hilary | June 26, 2020

<em>The Great Muppet Caper</em> Is the Loveliest Crime Movie Ever

The Great Muppet Caper Is the Loveliest Crime Movie Ever

Four decades ago, a ragtag group of vaguely self-aware puppets solved the greatest jewel heist in the world, and it was wonderful.

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 26, 2020

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The 12 Greatest, Strangest, Most Transfixing Dance Scenes in the History of Crime Movies

By Dwyer Murphy | June 26, 2020

The Uneasy Noirs of
Stephen King

By Nick Kolakowski | June 22, 2020

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

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

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

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

Reflecting on the brilliant career of Satyajit Ray

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 17, 2020

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

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

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

By Otto Penzler | June 15, 2020

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

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