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    Suing Hollywood

    Suing Hollywood

    Author Tess Gerritsen took on a Hollywood studio for screenplay theft. It was just the start of a long, strange journey.

    By Tess Gerritsen | April 9, 2020

    Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman Talk Noir, Scandals, and Pulpy Cover Art

    Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman Talk Noir, Scandals, and Pulpy Cover Art

    But they still don't tell us if snakes are necessary.

    By CrimeReads | April 9, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 21

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 21

    Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    By Otto Penzler | April 6, 2020

    Blurring the Lines Between Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

    Blurring the Lines Between Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

    True crime becoming entertainment has enormous effects on the justice system.

    By Scarlett Harris | April 6, 2020

    Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist in history.

    Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist in history.

    Looking back on 100 years of the Queen of Crime.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 3, 2020

    Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow

    Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow

    The evolution of a career in crime fiction, from surf noir to borderland epics.

    By Bruce Riordan | April 3, 2020

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    Raymond Chandler Wanted Cary Grant to Play Philip Marlowe.

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    These Are Plot Descriptions of Actual Episodes from the 1960s Spy Television Series The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and Wow they are… Insane

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 1, 2020

    The Man Who Can’t Be Beat: <em>Peaky Blinders</em> and the Rise of Fascism

    The Man Who Can’t Be Beat: Peaky Blinders and the Rise of Fascism

    The Shelby crime family finds a new politics in 1920's Birmingham.

    By Torrey Crim | March 31, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 23

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 23

    Vertigo (1958)

    By Otto Penzler | March 31, 2020

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

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

    All the new shows and movies you need to get through a month of social distancing.

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 30, 2020

    The Crime Cinema Renaissance of 1990

    The Crime Cinema Renaissance of 1990

    30 years later, looking back at an epic year in crime movies.

    By Zach Vasquez | March 27, 2020

    The Artist Who Captured America's Most Dramatic Courtroom Moments—And Was Hounded by the FBI

    The Artist Who Captured America's Most Dramatic Courtroom Moments—And Was Hounded by the FBI

    The life, work, and strange times of Arnold Mesches

    By Alix Lambert | March 25, 2020

    Quaint English Village Murder Mystery TV Shows with a Million Seasons, for Your Binge-Watching Pleasure During These Hard Times

    Quaint English Village Murder Mystery TV Shows with a Million Seasons, for Your Binge-Watching Pleasure During These Hard Times

    Come for the thatched roofs and bicycles...stay for the murder.

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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 24

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