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    Fake Paintings, Forged Van Goghs, and Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places

    Fake Paintings, Forged Van Goghs, and Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places

    "Why do people fake paintings? Is the motivation profit, vanity, revenge?"

    By Clare Clark | August 7, 2019

    Why Write Medieval Mysteries?

    Why Write Medieval Mysteries?

    The Middle Ages in Europe were full of surprises. Writing crime fiction can help uncover the complexities of a long-ago era.

    By Priscilla Royal | August 7, 2019

    How <em>North by Northwest</em> Changed Cinema Forever

    How North by Northwest Changed Cinema Forever

    A much-abused gray suit + Cold War shenanigans = a template for decades of midcentury action fare.

    By Derek Milman | August 6, 2019

    Tanya Nelson: The <br>Fortuneteller With Real Power

    Tanya Nelson: The
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    Criminal Broads Presents The Betrayer

    By Tori Telfer | August 5, 2019

    Bugging John Gotti

    Bugging John Gotti

    How the FBI used technical savvy to take down the Teflon Don.

    By Anthony DeStefano | August 5, 2019

    6 Rules for Writing Realistic, Meaningful Gunfights

    6 Rules for Writing Realistic, Meaningful Gunfights

    "Gunfights are chaos events...Nothing is clear, no one is heroic, self-urination is quite common."

    By Stephen Hunter | August 1, 2019

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    The Secrets of the
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    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of July

    By CrimeReads | July 31, 2019

    When Black Women Go Missing

    When Black Women Go Missing

    In the ongoing epidemic of missing women of color, realistic fears and indifferent authorities complicate the search for the missing.

    By Kalisha Buckhanon | July 30, 2019

    Noir and the Mystery of Evangelicalism

    Noir and the Mystery of Evangelicalism

    "The Evangelical pastor is just another shade of the American cowboy, whose latter-day shadow is the American detective."

    By Patrick Coleman | July 30, 2019

    The Crime Novels of Buenos Aires

    The Crime Novels of Buenos Aires

    La Novela Negra is on the rise again, as a new generation of Argentine crime novelists explores the country's underbelly.

    By Paul French | July 29, 2019

    Back in Time at the <br>Edo-Tokyo Museum

    Back in Time at the
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    A historical crime writer considers the nature of research, and looks to a national treasure to fill out the rich details of her writing.

    By Susan Spann | July 29, 2019

    Remembering Gore Vidal's Slyly Subversive Mystery Novels

    Remembering Gore Vidal's Slyly Subversive Mystery Novels

    He was blacklisted by the literary establishment. So he turned to mystery fiction, and gave the world a very new kind of detective.

    By David Masciotra | July 26, 2019

    The Strange Intoxication of Being Conned By Anna Delvey

    The Strange Intoxication of Being Conned By Anna Delvey

    She was a glamorous new friend. And also the con-artist-posing-as-a-German-heiress who exposed New York society.

    By Rachel DeLoache Williams | July 25, 2019

    Laura Lippman: My 35-Year Love Affair with Marjorie Morningstar

    Laura Lippman: My 35-Year Love Affair with Marjorie Morningstar

    "To me, it's a unicorn of a book—a so-called women's novel, written by a man, that takes its heroine very seriously."

    By Laura Lippman | July 23, 2019

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