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    Books that Smash the Patriarchy

    Books that Smash the Patriarchy

    Spend Women's History Month with these thrillers that center women's experiences.

    By Jayne Cowie | March 22, 2022

    <Em>Morbid</em> Podcast Host and Autopsy Technician Alaina Urquhart Talks True Crime and Turning to Fiction

    Morbid Podcast Host and Autopsy Technician Alaina Urquhart Talks True Crime and Turning to Fiction

    "I do wish the people involved in producing these onscreen autopsies would consult an anatomy book beforehand."

    By Molly Odintz | March 22, 2022

    The Private Eye As Family Man

    The Private Eye As Family Man

    How The Long Kiss Goodnight and The Last Boy Scout Brought the PI Film into the ‘90s

    By Sam Wiebe | March 21, 2022

    How Being A Civil Rights Attorney Influenced My Crime Fiction

    How Being A Civil Rights Attorney Influenced My Crime Fiction

    Author and community activist Veronica Gutierrez reflects on the hard lessons learned from her time working as a civil rights lawyer.

    By Veronica Gutierrez | March 21, 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 | March 21, 2022

    The Power of Frenemies in Fiction

    The Power of Frenemies in Fiction

    Not quite friend, not quite foe...

    By Jody Gehrman | March 21, 2022

    Best Reviewed
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    How One Author Forced Himself to Reconsider Expectations About Violence in Fiction

    By Michael Landweber | March 21, 2022

    March's Best International Crime Books

    By Molly Odintz | March 18, 2022

    The Bizarre, Self-Incriminating Confession of Pam Hupp

    By Charles Bosworth Jr. and Joel J. Schwartz | March 18, 2022

    People Have Always Told Me Their Secrets. That's Why I Became A Private Investigator.

    People Have Always Told Me Their Secrets. That's Why I Became A Private Investigator.

    Erika Krouse on having the kind of face that spurs others to reveal their fears, anxieties, and darkest revelations.

    By Erika Krouse | March 18, 2022

    Is “The Counselor” Cormac McCarthy’s Overlooked Masterpiece?

    Is “The Counselor” Cormac McCarthy’s Overlooked Masterpiece?

    The 2013 noir was a mostly derided flop. But what if it's actually one of McCarthy's more brilliant works?

    By Nick Kolakowski | March 18, 2022

    The Confessions of <br>Raquel V. Reyes

    The Confessions of
    Raquel V. Reyes

    The author of Mango, Mambo, and Murder talks with Richie Narvaez about growing up in the South, the use of Spanish in English-language fiction, and helping marginalized writers.

    By Richie Narvaez | March 18, 2022

    Six Narrators with Unusual Perspectives

    Six Narrators with Unusual Perspectives

    An unborn child, an old badger, an intelligent mannequin, and other unfamiliar viewpoints in fiction.

    By Silje Ulstein | March 18, 2022

    The Grieving Gumshoe

    The Grieving Gumshoe

    Six Novels In Which Amateur Detectives Solve Crimes While Coping with Grief

    By Peggy Rothschild | March 17, 2022

    None of Us Will See Heaven: The Eight Best Irish-American Mob Films of All Time

    None of Us Will See Heaven: The Eight Best Irish-American Mob Films of All Time

    Is there any scene of screen violence that wouldn't be better if 'Danny Boy' were playing on a gramophone in the background?

    By Zack Budryk | March 17, 2022

    What We Can Learn From The Darkest Period in Art History

    What We Can Learn From The Darkest Period in Art History

    "Between 1933 – 1945, the Third Reich confiscated, destroyed, and plundered upwards of 650,000 works of art."

    By Lisa Barr | March 17, 2022

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