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Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character
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What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History
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Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
You stay away from the village fete, do you understand?
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No Such Thing As a Nice Guy: Reading Andrea Dworkin and Watching
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Fiction's Most Manipulative Masterminds
12 Machiavellian Schemers You'll Find Endlessly Fascinating
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Adam Hamdy
| January 7, 2020
Justice for
Serenity
One year later, revisiting the strangest noir in recent memory.
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Zach Vasquez
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A Brief History of Strong Women in Mystery
From Rebecca to Kinsey Millhone, a look at women characters who buck tradition and leave their mark.
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Charles Todd
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“One Last Job, Then I’m Out…”: Broken Resolutions in Classic Crime Films
A brief history of broken promises in noir.
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