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    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

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

    By Halley Sutton | August 30, 2019

    A Brief History of Academic Mysteries, Campus Thrillers, and Research Noir

    By Molly Odintz | August 29, 2019

    Lisa Lutz on Creating Iconic Female Protagonists

    By Olivia Rutigliano | August 29, 2019

    Celebrating Hitchcock's Most Iconic Shots

    Celebrating Hitchcock's Most Iconic Shots

    The master of suspense could tell a whole story with a single visual.

    By Radha Vatsal | August 28, 2019

    Seven Techno-Thrillers to Read as Our World Crumbles

    Seven Techno-Thrillers to Read as Our World Crumbles

    "What happens when automation that has been designed to assist humanity starts working against it?"

    By John Marrs | August 27, 2019

    <em>Ready or Not</em> is a Bloody Good Time at the Movies

    Ready or Not is a Bloody Good Time at the Movies

    How Ready or Not marries traditional mystery tropes to feminist horror to tell a story of old money gone awry.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | August 23, 2019

    Now Streaming in Crime: August

    Now Streaming in Crime: August

    Your Guide to the Best Noir, Mystery, and Thrillers Now Streaming

    By Camille LeBlanc | August 23, 2019

    The Evolution of Criminal Profiling in Fiction

    The Evolution of Criminal Profiling in Fiction

    When serial killers worked their way into novels, we needed a new kind of detective to explore their twisted minds.

    By CrimeReads | August 20, 2019

    Why <em>Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood</em> is a Child's-Eye View of the 1960s

    Why Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is a Child's-Eye View of the 1960s

    The film reads 60s counterculture as attacking the entertainment beloved by the era's children—and thus attacking childhood itself.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | August 16, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #40

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #40

    L.A. Confidential (1997)

    By Otto Penzler | August 16, 2019

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