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    Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    In 1965, a pair of radical bohemian journalists invented Scandinavian Noir and reimagined what crime fiction could do.

    By Neil Nyren | January 22, 2021

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books Coming Out in January

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books Coming Out in January

    A modern-day Robin Hood, corrupt doctors, and a cover-up in Chicago

    By CrimeReads | January 22, 2021

    That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as

    That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as "Herlock Sholmès"

    When author Maurice Leblanc tried to write the great English detective into his latest Arsène Lupin story, Arthur Conan Doyle protested. Fortunately, Leblanc found a solution.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | January 22, 2021

    The Long, Unusual Career of Russell James, the

    The Long, Unusual Career of Russell James, the "Godfather of British Noir"

    He didn't set out to write crime novels. Thirty years later, he still doesn't recognize any genre boundaries.

    By Peter Handel | January 22, 2021

    Crime-Fighting Broad: Jessie Levy, Defender of the Dillinger Gang

    Crime-Fighting Broad: Jessie Levy, Defender of the Dillinger Gang

    Criminal Broads Presents: The Woman in the Boys Club

    By Tori Telfer | January 21, 2021

    The Mystery Is Holmes: Why We Return to Conan Doyle's Stories Over and Over Again

    The Mystery Is Holmes: Why We Return to Conan Doyle's Stories Over and Over Again

    "if Holmes’s thoughts were laid bare, if his methods ever became commonplace, then Holmes would lose his mystery..."

    By Timothy Miller | January 21, 2021

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    Killing the People You Love: Fiction and Medicine Intersect

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    What Writing About the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Taught Me About the Madness of Crowds

    By Kate Mosse | January 21, 2021

    Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's <em>Strangers on a Train</em>, 70 Years Later

    Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, 70 Years Later

    The author of The Girl on the Train appreciates Highsmith's uniquely sickening vision of humanity.

    By Paula Hawkins | January 20, 2021

    Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

    Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

    Shakespeare's villain, in all his treachery and complexity, still resonates, centuries later.

    By Chris Harding Thornton | January 20, 2021

    Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

    Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

    The human brain works in fascinating, diverse ways, and authors should strive to represent those modes in fiction.

    By Josh Stallings | January 20, 2021

    The Most Notorious Lonely Hearts Killers of All-Time

    The Most Notorious Lonely Hearts Killers of All-Time

    Six serial killers who found their victims through personal ads

    By Camilla Bruce | January 20, 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 | January 19, 2021

    Patricia Highsmith and the Women Who Inspired Ripley

    Patricia Highsmith and the Women Who Inspired Ripley

    In 1950, Highsmith went to Positano with a glamorous, wealthy young Londoner. A year later, she traveled there again, with a new companion, at the tail end of a manic journey across Europe.

    By Richard Bradford | January 19, 2021

    When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

    When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

    Poe's contemporaries and forebears had a lot to say about the new genre, and his detective, the brilliant Dupin

    By Olivia Rutigliano | January 19, 2021

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