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    The New Wave of Private Eye Fiction

    The New Wave of Private Eye Fiction

    Today's PIs are more diverse and share community bonds. But the crime fiction world still has a long way to go to get out from the shadow of the loner white knight.

    By Halley Sutton | May 1, 2020

    The Bizarre Newspaper Hoax That Nearly Ruined Lizzie Borden

    The Bizarre Newspaper Hoax That Nearly Ruined Lizzie Borden

    An old grudge between a detective and a reporter led to one of the strangest—and most damning—fake news stories of all-time.

    By Dean Jobb | April 30, 2020

    How Pop Culture Got It Wrong With Dissociative Identity Disorder

    How Pop Culture Got It Wrong With Dissociative Identity Disorder

    Searching for accurate portrayals of a complex disease in an age of exploitative media.

    By Maxine Mei-Fung Chung | April 30, 2020

    Meet Nancy Wake: Socialite, Spy, and The Most Decorated Heroine of WWII

    Meet Nancy Wake: Socialite, Spy, and The Most Decorated Heroine of WWII

    Her code name was The White Mouse, and she once killed a German soldier with her bare hands.

    By Imogen Kealey | April 28, 2020

    Tokyo Crime Novels: The Storms Beneath the Calm Surface

    Tokyo Crime Novels: The Storms Beneath the Calm Surface

    The long, complex tradition of crime writing in the Japanese capital.

    By Paul French | April 27, 2020

    The Long, Winding History of Sexton Blake, the Adamantly British Crime Fighter

    The Long, Winding History of Sexton Blake, the Adamantly British Crime Fighter

    He was Britain's most popular detective. Then he all but disappeared from the pop culture. Or did he?

    By Mark Hodder | April 27, 2020

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    Crows Aren't Bad Omens

    By Kay Hooper | April 27, 2020

    Catherine Aird: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    By Neil Nyren | April 24, 2020

    The Hunter, The Hunted, and “The Most Dangerous Game"

    By Jack Carr | April 23, 2020

    In Praise of the Slow, Complex Crime Novel

    In Praise of the Slow, Complex Crime Novel

    A look at two recent novels that take on intergenerational trauma and violence against women.

    By TaraShea Nesbit | April 23, 2020

    Why True Stories Don’t Always <br>Make Good Fiction

    Why True Stories Don’t Always
    Make Good Fiction

    His prison stories were visceral and true. But did they make for compelling fiction?

    By David Moloney | April 22, 2020

    From Atticus Finch to Saul Goodman: The Evolution of Lawyers on Screen and Page

    From Atticus Finch to Saul Goodman: The Evolution of Lawyers on Screen and Page

    How did heroic lawyers turn into dirtbag defenders?

    By Paul Levine | April 21, 2020

    Motherhood and Monsters: How Being a Parent Helps Me Write Thrillers

    Motherhood and Monsters: How Being a Parent Helps Me Write Thrillers

    "Nightmares have always been a normal occurrence for me, but during my pregnancy they were more vivid than usual, more visceral."

    By Jennifer Hillier | April 21, 2020

    The King of the Golden Age <br>Crime Novel in Japan: <br>Seishi Yokomizo

    The King of the Golden Age
    Crime Novel in Japan:
    Seishi Yokomizo

    The Golden Age of Mystery had its heyday in Japan, too. One author led the way.

    By Paul French | April 20, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #19

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #19

    North by Northwest (1959)

    By Otto Penzler | April 20, 2020

    Bosch Is Back—And He's Still the Prickly Bastard You Want Showing Up at a Crime Scene

    Bosch Is Back—And He's Still the Prickly Bastard You Want Showing Up at a Crime Scene

    Six seasons in, Bosch may just be TV's best police procedural.

    By Keith Roysdon | April 17, 2020

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