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    The Best Crime Novels of 2023

    A tour through the year's best new fiction in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    December 7, 2023  By CrimeReads 
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    Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era "Sin Strip"

    Richard John Parfitt considers the intersections of trauma, geography, and storytelling

    December 7, 2023  By Richard John Parfitt
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    How the Soldier-Readers of World War II Were Swept Up in the Paperback Revolution

    In wartime, the books were mobilized.

    December 7, 2023  By Andrew Pettegree
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    Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

    Darby Kane explains why "a fancy vacation with old friends at a secluded location is a recipe for death."

    December 7, 2023  By Darby Kane
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    The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

    Finley Turner on thrillers, narrative, and what it really means to be unreliable.

    December 7, 2023  By Finley Turner
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    Crime Novels About Cursed Films

    Award-winning screenwriter Steven Katz goes deep on a classic, meta subgenre

    December 6, 2023  By Steven Katz
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    The Enduring Appeal of Murder and Mystery: A Brief History

    Michael Sims on the many comforts of crime stories, then and now.

    December 6, 2023  By Michael Sims
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    Who Was Benedict Arnold, Before He Became America's Most Notorious Traitor

    When news of war came to Connecticut, Arnold was the first to commit to the revolutionary cause. So was he, really?

    December 6, 2023  By Jack Kelly
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    Cats and Cozies, Cozies and Cats

    Allison Brook on the best relationship in mystery.

    December 6, 2023  By Allison Brook
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    Stephen Spotswood On "Queering the Narrative of the Golden Age of America"

    To write crime fiction about gay life in the 1950 is to write noir. But celebrating love is just as essential.

    December 5, 2023  By Stephen Spotswood
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