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    My Writing Will Never Be as Good as Charles Willeford's

    My Writing Will Never Be as Good as Charles Willeford's

    But I keep on writing anyway.

    By Chip Mosher | July 3, 2020

    On the Endless Symbolism of <em>Jaws</em>, Which Owes Its Dark Soul to <em>Moby Dick</em>

    On the Endless Symbolism of Jaws, Which Owes Its Dark Soul to Moby Dick

    Olivia Rutigliano discusses punishment, redemption, and fate in her favorite movie of all time.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 2, 2020

    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

    Crime Fiction Trains Us for Crisis

    Crime Fiction Trains Us for Crisis

    "Through crime fiction, we have faced all manner of peril, defended the unjustly accused, protected intended victims."

    By Sulari Gentill | July 2, 2020

    How the Demolition of the Last Great Borscht Belt Resort Inspired a Catskills Mystery

    How the Demolition of the Last Great Borscht Belt Resort Inspired a Catskills Mystery

    A novelist returns to her hometown and says goodbye to an icon.

    By Kaitlyn Dunnett | July 1, 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

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    Let It Bleed: Anti-heroes at the crossroads of crime fiction and popular music

    By S.W. Lauden | June 29, 2020

    Patricia Highsmith: Preying on Our Minds

    By Sarah Hilary | June 26, 2020

    The Great Muppet Caper Is the Loveliest Crime Movie Ever

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 26, 2020

    The Uncanny Appeal of Sole Survivor Stories

    The Uncanny Appeal of Sole Survivor Stories

    We weren't meant to fly, but we do. Stories of crash survivors speak to something primitive—and mysterious—in us.

    By Richard Farrell | June 25, 2020

    How Women Writers Are Transforming Hardboiled Noir

    How Women Writers Are Transforming Hardboiled Noir

    These authors are using noir to capture a new era's zeitgeist.

    By Shelley Blanton-Stroud | June 22, 2020

    The Uneasy Noirs of <br>Stephen King

    The Uneasy Noirs of
    Stephen King

    From Bachman to The Outsider, King revels in subtly subverting the rules of mystery.

    By Nick Kolakowski | June 22, 2020

    Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

    Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

    Sarah Weinman on "the Gordian knot holding together Poe's tumultuous life and fragmented personality with his body of work"—and an audacious biography.

    By Sarah Weinman | June 19, 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

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