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    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 | October 19, 2020

    10 Political True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Election Season

    10 Political True Crime Podcasts to Listen to this Election Season

    If there's one arena never in shortage of addictive crime stories, it's politics.

    By Lizzy Steiner | October 19, 2020

    Five Thrillers That Explore

    Five Thrillers That Explore "Mean Girl" Culture

    High school can be nasty, brutish, and not-too-short.

    By Avery Bishop | October 19, 2020

    How The 1969 Murders of a Labor Leader and His Family Changed Coal Country Forever

    How The 1969 Murders of a Labor Leader and His Family Changed Coal Country Forever

    When reformer Joseph Yablonski decided to challenge union boss Tony Boyle in an election, Boyle soon decided to rid himself of his rival—permanently.

    By Mark A. Bradley | October 16, 2020

    Six True Crime Books to Read This October

    Six True Crime Books to Read This October

    Coal country murders, books bound in skin, and code languages.

    By CrimeReads | October 16, 2020

    <em>Killing Them Softly</em> Is the Desperate, Pitch-Black Noir That Perfectly Captures What America Has Become

    Killing Them Softly Is the Desperate, Pitch-Black Noir That Perfectly Captures What America Has Become

    The 2012 film adapted the George V. Higgins classic and predicted the country's bleak road ahead.

    By Zach Vasquez | October 16, 2020

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    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime:
    A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    By Layne Fargo | October 16, 2020

    The Westing Game may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 15, 2020

    The Agatha Christie Centennial: 100 Years of The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    By J. Kingston Pierce | October 15, 2020

    I Didn't Set Out to Write a Book About the Argentine Scrabble Mafia But That's What I've Done

    I Didn't Set Out to Write a Book About the Argentine Scrabble Mafia But That's What I've Done

    Discovering a crime novel among the Saturday afternoon set in the basement of the Polish Club on Borges Street

    By Daniel Tunnard | October 15, 2020

    Five Tips for Writing a Dual Narrative Mystery

    Five Tips for Writing a Dual Narrative Mystery

    Presenting readers with two timelines can be highly rewarding. But your craft needs to be sharp to pull it off.

    By Heather Young | October 15, 2020

    Justice for the Invisibles, by the Invisibles: A Brief History of Nontraditional Voices in Crime Fiction

    Justice for the Invisibles, by the Invisibles: A Brief History of Nontraditional Voices in Crime Fiction

    American crime stories featuring poor people and nontraditional voices are as old as Poe’s Dupin. And now, they're finally trending.

    By Christopher Chambers | October 14, 2020

    Snapshots in the Life of a Criminal Data Analyst

    Snapshots in the Life of a Criminal Data Analyst

    "While the cops are in the wireroom listening live for the street hustle, I’m at my desk with my herbal tea, listening to recorded calls. Tracing the money."

    By Brian Selfon | October 14, 2020

    How Edward Hopper’s Stony Blonde Became a Noir Icon

    How Edward Hopper’s Stony Blonde Became a Noir Icon

    On The Femme Fatale Who Flipped the Script

    By Stephanie Kane | October 14, 2020

    Kids and Thrillers and Their Freaky Powers

    Kids and Thrillers and Their Freaky Powers

    Because for some strange reason few things are more chilling than a child with a mysterious supernatural power.

    By C.J. Tudor | October 14, 2020

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The "Vengeful Bitch"

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | October 14, 2020

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