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    Seven Great Rural Crime Films

    Seven Great Rural Crime Films

    These crime stories take advantage of the “wide-open intimacy” of a small, tight-knit community.

    By Jeremy Scott | April 12, 2022

    The Business of Blackmail in Gilded Age New York

    The Business of Blackmail in Gilded Age New York

    On William d'Alton Mann, prolific gossip columnist and profligate blackmailer.

    By W. H. Flint | April 12, 2022

    Poison, Adultery, Scandal, and Murder: The Wild Lives of Journalists in 1890's San Francisco

    Poison, Adultery, Scandal, and Murder: The Wild Lives of Journalists in 1890's San Francisco

    Mark Arsenault on the scandals that would eventually unite two journalists in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.

    By Mark Arsenault | April 12, 2022

    C. S. Harris on Historical Fiction and Her Iconic Regency-Era Series

    C. S. Harris on Historical Fiction and Her Iconic Regency-Era Series

    "Every era has free-thinkers, people who don’t subscribe to the prejudices and superstitions of their day."

    By Molly Odintz | April 11, 2022

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | April 11, 2022

    Faroe Islands: The Most Remote Outpost of Scandi Noir

    Faroe Islands: The Most Remote Outpost of Scandi Noir

    A few good mystery novels help to pass the long winter nights on this North Atlantic archipelago.

    By Paul French | April 11, 2022

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    The Literary Greats of Scotland

    By Paige Shelton | April 11, 2022

    Tokyo Vice Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2022

    How ‘Satanic Panic’ Came to Roil the Nation During the 1980s

    By Keith Roysdon | April 8, 2022

    On Junk Science and Poverty

    On Junk Science and Poverty

    How did civil litigation, where money is at stake, end up with more accurate scientific evidence than the criminal justice system, where life and liberty are at stake?

    By M. Chris Fabricant | April 8, 2022

    <em>Slow Horses</em> is <br>Worth the Slow Burn

    Slow Horses is
    Worth the Slow Burn

    Come for the spy drama’s creative pedigree, stay for the deeply bleak comedy of spycraft gone 'goblin mode'

    By Alexis Gunderson | April 8, 2022

    For This Historical Novelist Writing About Gilded Age New York, There's Always More Research to Be Done

    For This Historical Novelist Writing About Gilded Age New York, There's Always More Research to Be Done

    For historical mystery novelists like Stacie Murphy, research is an endless source of inspiration.

    By Stacie Murphy | April 8, 2022

    April's Best Psychological Thrillers

    April's Best Psychological Thrillers

    Island retreats, exclusive clubs, family drama, high-class scammers, and more.

    By Lisa Levy | April 8, 2022

    Turns out, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an episode of <em>Veronica Mars</em>

    Turns out, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an episode of Veronica Mars

    He collaborated with Rob Thomas on 2019's season 4 reboot, and it's actually a pretty charming story.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 7, 2022

    Historical Novels Featuring Real People of the Past as Main Characters

    Historical Novels Featuring Real People of the Past as Main Characters

    9 books "that will take you back in time to another place."

    By Jody Hadlock | April 7, 2022

    Shop Talk: Kellye Garrett Finds a Character, Finds a Murder, and Starts Filling up the Notebooks

    Shop Talk: Kellye Garrett Finds a Character, Finds a Murder, and Starts Filling up the Notebooks

    Crime writers talking craft, routine, and finding the perfect twist.

    By Eli Cranor | April 7, 2022

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