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The Evolution of Walt Longmire: Somewhere Between Laughter and Death

The Evolution of Walt Longmire: Somewhere Between Laughter and Death

A Bookseller's Guide to Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire Series

By Scott Montgomery | July 18, 2019

Pinkerton Spy, Feminist Icon

Pinkerton Spy, Feminist Icon

Meet Kate Warne, America's first female detective and spy, who thwarted an assassination plot on Lincoln.

By Nile Cappello | July 18, 2019

Nadezhda Popova: Commander <br>of the Night Witches

Nadezhda Popova: Commander
of the Night Witches

Criminal Broads Presents The Nazi-Killers

By Tori Telfer | July 17, 2019

Miami Vice: How an Icon of 80s Cool Transformed a City and the Landscape of Television

Miami Vice: How an Icon of 80s Cool Transformed a City and the Landscape of Television

South Beach was in decay, crime was rampant, and tourism was dry. Then came Miami Vice, and South Florida found its mojo.

By Craig Pittman | July 17, 2019

The Tragic, Violent History of the Brooklyn Waterfront

The Tragic, Violent History of the Brooklyn Waterfront

Pete Panto was a hero to dockworkers across New York. His disappearance was part of a long, bloody history shaping the city.

By Nathan Ward | July 17, 2019

Edna Buchanan's Miami

Edna Buchanan's Miami

She was Edna Rydzik in Jersey. In Miami, she was the hardboiled crime writer who defined an era and left a complex legacy.

By Sarah Weinman | July 16, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

By Alison Gaylin | July 16, 2019

Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

By Alex Segura | July 15, 2019

Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

By Zach Vasquez | July 15, 2019

Bali: The Darker Side of an Island Paradise

Bali: The Darker Side of an Island Paradise

Drugs, Gangs, Expats...and Crime Literature on the Rise

By Paul French | July 15, 2019

What Fiction Teaches Us About The Allure of Cults

What Fiction Teaches Us About The Allure of Cults

People don't join cults. They join communities that become cults. Literature can help us understand this all-important nuance.

By Kali Wallace | July 12, 2019

Grappling with PTSD <br>in Crime Fiction

Grappling with PTSD
in Crime Fiction

Forget the PTSD-fueled psychotic killer of pop culture lore. Crime novels are capable of a far more complex treatment.

By Hilary Davidson | July 11, 2019

Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

The last Hannibal Lecter book was a publishing phenomenon like no other—it left a long, strange legacy.

By Patrick J. Sauer | July 10, 2019

Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

Five ways my background as a stuntwoman and armorer helped me become a crime writer (and one way it didn't).

By S. L. Huang | July 10, 2019

Silence, Suffering, and Abuse in Affluent Communities

Silence, Suffering, and Abuse in Affluent Communities

Domestic violence is underreported among the wealthy. But that doesn't mean abuse isn't still happening behind closed doors.

By Cate Holahan | July 9, 2019

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #48

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #48

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

By Otto Penzler | July 9, 2019

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