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    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of July

    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of July

    Miami Noir, Western Icons, and Waterfront Battles

    By CrimeReads | July 31, 2019

    20 Years of Aimée Leduc

    20 Years of Aimée Leduc

    Cara Black on her long-running detective series, her impeccably dressed detective, and how Paris is always a good idea.

    By Molly Odintz | July 23, 2019

    Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

    Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

    Leonardo Padura & Alex Segura talk about noir, hometowns, homelands, and how being a crime writer in Cuba has evolved.

    By Alex Segura | July 15, 2019

    The State of the Thriller: A Roundtable Discussion

    The State of the Thriller: A Roundtable Discussion

    Thriller authors weigh in on the genre's most pressing issues

    By CrimeReads | July 11, 2019

    Denise Mina Is Living the Zeitgeist

    Denise Mina Is Living the Zeitgeist

    A modern crime queen weighs in on podcast investigators, celebrity culture, and one more road-trip novel before Brexit.

    By Molly Odintz | July 10, 2019

    Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

    Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

    A new thriller explores parents breaking bad and the terrifying spread of a kidnapping ring.

    By Mark Rubinstein | July 9, 2019

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    • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
    • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
    • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
    • The Rouse

    The Wit, Wisdom, and Noirs of James M. Cain

    By Dwyer Murphy | July 1, 2019

    How Sensational True Crime Criminalized Queer People

    By Camille LeBlanc | June 28, 2019

    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of June

    By CrimeReads | June 28, 2019

    David Morrell: Preparing for Crisis and Finding Inspiration

    David Morrell: Preparing for Crisis and Finding Inspiration

    The creator of Rambo turns to short stories and the uncanny—and finds inspiration hopping between genres.

    By Mark Rubinstein | June 27, 2019

    Udham Singh: Orphan, Assassin, Hero, Spy

    Udham Singh: Orphan, Assassin, Hero, Spy

    Anita Anand on "The Patient Assassin" Who Waited 20 Years to Avenge a Colonial Bloodbath

    By Molly Odintz | June 26, 2019

    Rebecca Godfrey on Small-Town Violence and the Evolution of True Crime

    Rebecca Godfrey on Small-Town Violence and the Evolution of True Crime

    Over two decades ago, teenagers killed a young woman in Rebecca Godfrey's hometown. Her account of the crime is a modern classic.

    By Nicola Maye Goldberg | June 26, 2019

    Nicholas Mancusi on Philosophy, Car Chases, and Rehearsing for Disaster

    Nicholas Mancusi on Philosophy, Car Chases, and Rehearsing for Disaster

    Crafting a Thriller About Clashing Belief Systems and Absurdities

    By Michael Seidlinger | June 19, 2019

    A Discussion on Women<br> in Crime Fiction

    A Discussion on Women
    in Crime Fiction

    Crime authors discuss the evolving role of women in crime fiction, and why women readers come to these books again and again.

    By Gilly Macmillan | June 17, 2019

    James Ellroy Walks into a Steakhouse and Orders Clams

    James Ellroy Walks into a Steakhouse and Orders Clams

    A literary icon with his own way of doing things answers every question you never knew you wanted him asked—until now.

    By Adrian McKinty | June 11, 2019

    Mick Herron on the Art of the Misfit Spy Thriller

    Mick Herron on the Art of the Misfit Spy Thriller

    Talking Dark Humor, Voracious Reading and Castoff Spies

    By Daneet Steffens | June 10, 2019

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