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    Blowback: Late 1960s and ’70s Pulp and Popular Fiction about the Vietnam War

    Blowback: Late 1960s and ’70s Pulp and Popular Fiction about the Vietnam War

    When soldiers returned home, a new wave of crime fiction captured the trauma—and the moral abyss.

    By Andrew Nette | December 3, 2019

    Jessica Fletcher and the Long Afterlife of <em>Murder, She Wrote</em>

    Jessica Fletcher and the Long Afterlife of Murder, She Wrote

    Upon publishing the 50th book in the Murder, She Wrote series, Jon Land reflects on the eternal appeal of Cabot Cove.

    By Jon Land | December 3, 2019

    The Sixth Victim: A Murder in Small-Town Japan

    The Sixth Victim: A Murder in Small-Town Japan

    Its motto was “the smallest village with the brightest future”—until the massacre.

    By Shōko Egawa | December 3, 2019

    Alaska: Northern Noir

    Alaska: Northern Noir

    Crime fiction has found a strange home in the cold wilds of Alaska.

    By Paul French | December 2, 2019

    Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

    Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

    Mauro Altamura signed up as an extra on 'The Irishman'—he'd been struggling with the legacy of the Hoffa killing for 50 years.

    By Mauro Altamura | November 27, 2019

    <em>Knives Out</em> Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

    Knives Out Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

    Rian Johnson's new movie celebrates the whodunit—while also skewering its traditional power structure to condemn the 1%

    By Olivia Rutigliano | November 27, 2019

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    Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War

    By Michael Hughes | November 26, 2019

    The Rising Stars of Crime Fiction in the 2010s

    By CrimeReads | November 25, 2019

    Louisa May Alcott’s Forgotten Thrillers Are Revolutionary Examples of Early Feminism

    By stephaniesylverne | November 22, 2019

    How a Gang of Heavy Metal Stoners Went to 1980s L.A. and Became the Notorious MS-13

    How a Gang of Heavy Metal Stoners Went to 1980s L.A. and Became the Notorious MS-13

    In the 1980s, L.A. was a mecca for street gangs. When civil war drove thousands of Salvadorans there, a violent new culture grew.

    By Óscar Martínez and Juan José Martínez | November 21, 2019

    A Tale of Two Sex Worker <br>Heist Stories

    A Tale of Two Sex Worker
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    Aya de Leon on Hustlers, social justice, and the complicated intersection of feminism and crime.

    By Aya de Leon | November 21, 2019

    Film Noir Perfectly Captures the Mass Torment and Paranoia of the Mid-Twentieth Century

    Film Noir Perfectly Captures the Mass Torment and Paranoia of the Mid-Twentieth Century

    Movies and Literature Were Insistent that Society was a Madhouse

    By Troy Rondinone | November 20, 2019

    <em>Psycho</em> Invented the Spoiler Alert as We Know It

    Psycho Invented the Spoiler Alert as We Know It

    A very personal history of trying to prevent spoiling cinema's first great shocking twist (and yes, there are spoilers ahead)

    By Jesse Pasternack | November 19, 2019

    Tinker, Tailor, Wizard, Spy: The Joys (and Dangers) of Blending Genre Elements

    Tinker, Tailor, Wizard, Spy: The Joys (and Dangers) of Blending Genre Elements

    “Forget it, Frodo. It’s Mordor.”

    By W. L. Goodwater | November 19, 2019

    Tarot Cards Contain All the Potential of Literature's Greatest Stories

    Tarot Cards Contain All the Potential of Literature's Greatest Stories

    And it's always a mystery how things will end.

    By Julie Mayhew | November 19, 2019

    New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

    New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

    A major world city produces a major haul of crime fiction.

    By Paul French | November 18, 2019

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