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    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of <em>Vice Squad</em>

    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of Vice Squad

    Celebrating a lost 1980s neo-noir classic

    By Zach Vasquez | September 17, 2019

    Munchausen by Proxy Is the Crime Story of the Moment

    Munchausen by Proxy Is the Crime Story of the Moment

    Four case studies of a disease that's rarer in real life than on TV.

    By Nile Cappello | September 17, 2019

    Seven of Crime Fiction's Most Terrifying Marriages

    Seven of Crime Fiction's Most Terrifying Marriages

    The complex, twisted literature of "till death do us part"

    By Gina LaManna | September 16, 2019

    50 Years Ago, <em>Scooby Doo</em> Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

    50 Years Ago, Scooby Doo Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

    An unlikely gang of mystery-solvers set out to change the world.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 13, 2019

    How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

    How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

    In a tumultuous era, a kids mystery show stirred up the old questions—and the atmosphere—of gothic storytelling.

    By Eleni Theodoropoulos | September 13, 2019

    The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope

    The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope

    How crime novels—and two high-profile TV adaptations—are challenging our ideas about female criminality.

    By John Copenhaver | September 13, 2019

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    A Conversation About Interrogating Our True Crime Obsessions

    By Tori Telfer | September 12, 2019

    4 Iconic Crime Protagonists Who Are Even More Memorable Than Their Stories

    By Thomas Kies | September 11, 2019

    The Best 1990s Rom-Coms Are Detective Stories in Disguise

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 10, 2019

    The Long, Proud Tradition of Jazz-Infused Crime Novels

    The Long, Proud Tradition of Jazz-Infused Crime Novels

    From the beginning, noir and jazz have gone hand-in-hand.

    By Alex Segura | September 9, 2019

    Thrillers Revisit the <br>First Gulf War

    Thrillers Revisit the
    First Gulf War

    30 Years Later, Looking at the War's Legacy in Fiction

    By Siri Mitchell | September 9, 2019

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of September 2019

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of September 2019

    The best thrillers, noir, and true crime docs arriving this month.

    By Camille LeBlanc | September 6, 2019

    7 Essential Contagion Novels

    7 Essential Contagion Novels

    Lethal microbes, zombie plagues, incompetent bureaucracies and other widespread pestilences

    By David Koepp | September 5, 2019

    Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue

    Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue

    On the most essential, often overlooked, element of the genre

    By A.B. Jewell | September 4, 2019

    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of August

    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of August

    Underrated Classics, Biblio Noir, and Murderous Families

    By CrimeReads | August 30, 2019

    Five Series to Read if You’re Still Upset About How <em>Veronica Mars</em>: Season 4 Ended

    Five Series to Read if You’re Still Upset About How Veronica Mars: Season 4 Ended

    Warning: Major Spoilers Ahead!

    By Halley Sutton | August 30, 2019

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