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Why the Life of a Radio DJ Is Perfectly Suited to Crime Fiction

Why the Life of a Radio DJ Is Perfectly Suited to Crime Fiction

Long nights, mysterious callers, and a fear of the dreaded 'dead air'

By Michael Bradley | June 8, 2021

There's Never Enough Time To Read All The Books

There's Never Enough Time To Read All The Books

"And therein lies the despair. Too many books unread, too many movies unseen."

By Allison Montclair | June 8, 2021

Tangier: Spies, Smugglers, and Writers in the International City

Tangier: Spies, Smugglers, and Writers in the International City

Crime and the City visits Morocco's northern port, where there's a long legacy of art and intrigue.

By Paul French | June 7, 2021

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 | June 7, 2021

Six Novels to Immerse Yourself in the Vibes of the Past

Six Novels to Immerse Yourself in the Vibes of the Past

From historical fiction to contemporary noir, books that capture the essence of history.

By Nekesa Afia | June 7, 2021

The Unjustly Forgotten Crime Novels of John Sanford, Midcentury America's Radical Jewish Conscience

The Unjustly Forgotten Crime Novels of John Sanford, Midcentury America's Radical Jewish Conscience

He was a lawyer, a novelist, a committed Communist, a progenitor of rural noir, and a blacklisted screenwriter. Through it all, John Sanford kept on reinventing himself.

By Jack Mearns | June 5, 2021

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Summertime Crime Movies: Road Trips

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 4, 2021

The Most Daring POW Escape in History Began with the Construction of a Ouija Board

By Margalit Fox | June 4, 2021

The Art of Balancing Multiple Mystery Series

By J.A. Jance | June 4, 2021

What Do Mystery Writers and Therapists Have in Common?

What Do Mystery Writers and Therapists Have in Common?

Therapists, like detectives, piece together clues and information in order to solve the mystery: that of a client's own dilemmas.

By Philippa East | June 4, 2021

Why Yarn Lovers Are Good Mystery Solvers

Why Yarn Lovers Are Good Mystery Solvers

"Knitting and reading simply go together."

By Allie Pleiter | June 4, 2021

Whatever Happened to Elise De Viane? On The Mystery Woman in Dashiell Hammett’s 1931 Sexual Assault Case

Whatever Happened to Elise De Viane? On The Mystery Woman in Dashiell Hammett’s 1931 Sexual Assault Case

90 years later, few know the story of Hammett's friend-turned-victim, who won a substantial settlement against the author after a violent sexual assault.

By Curtis Evans | June 3, 2021

Stopping for a Moment to Appreciate the Original 1961 film <em>One Hundred and One Dalmatians</em>

Stopping for a Moment to Appreciate the Original 1961 film One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Aside from having one of the most high-stakes plots in crime film history, the film is an aesthetic masterpiece and an innovative development in the history of animation.

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 3, 2021

The Literature of the Con: Great Books About Grifters and Swindlers

The Literature of the Con: Great Books About Grifters and Swindlers

Rahul Raina celebrates the classics of hustler noir.

By Rahul Raina | June 3, 2021

A Translator Considers the Joys of Crime Fiction

A Translator Considers the Joys of Crime Fiction

On the intense excitement of translating a mystery, line by line.

By Michael Meigs | June 3, 2021

Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction in the History of Reproduction

Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction in the History of Reproduction

On self-conception, virgin birth, and deep male anxieties.

By Sara Flannery Murphy | June 3, 2021

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