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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 13, 2020

    7 Great Heist Novels, Recommended By An Art Dealer

    7 Great Heist Novels, Recommended By An Art Dealer

    Art theft is a big business—and a big inspiration to crime writers.

    By Carol Orange | October 13, 2020

    In crime fiction, anyone can be a murderer. That's what's so great about it.

    In crime fiction, anyone can be a murderer. That's what's so great about it.

    Lisa Jewell explores toxic masculinity in her latest thriller, but takes a stand for equal opportunity killing in the genre at large.

    By Lisa Jewell | October 13, 2020

    On Rotwelsch, the Central European Language of Beggars, Travelers and Thieves

    On Rotwelsch, the Central European Language of Beggars, Travelers and Thieves

    From Lutherans to Nazis, linguistic authorities have long sought to understand and control Rotwelsch (and long cast aspersions at its many Yiddish loan words).

    By Martin Puchner | October 13, 2020

    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    Mid-century pulps featuring women in love were meant to titillate straight men, but soon found their way to a lesbian audience desperate for representation.

    By Chloe Maveal | October 12, 2020

    James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

    James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

    Craft lessons distilled from one of crime fiction's all-time greats.

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 12, 2020

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    17 Crime Fiction Series That Use Real Historical Figures As Sleuths

    By Heather Redmond | October 9, 2020

    How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 9, 2020

    Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World

    By C.J. Cooke | October 9, 2020

    The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of <em>Freddy's Dead</em>

    The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of Freddy's Dead

    If horror exists to reinforce the status quo, then how did we end up rooting for Freddy?

    By Paul Michael Anderson | October 9, 2020

    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler's letters to a younger crime writer offer a revealing—and often ugly—glimpse into his later years.

    By Curtis Evans | October 8, 2020

    The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

    The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

    In 1935, Dutch Schultz was shot in a Newark steakhouse. His deathbed monologue would inspire an unusual literary legacy.

    By Michael Cannell | October 8, 2020

    The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

    The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

    "The con artist has a special gift for knowing what we want and giving it to us, then taking what they were after all along."

    By Lisa Unger | October 8, 2020

    Memories of an Accidental Mystery Writer

    Memories of an Accidental Mystery Writer

    When Sherry Thomas added a little murder to her historical romances, she struck genre-mixing gold.

    By Sherry Thomas | October 8, 2020

    The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's

    The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's "Jukebox Killer"

    In 1950s New Zealand, public fear over American pulp novels reached its unlikely peak, with one boy stabbed and another hanged for it.

    By Andrew Nette | October 7, 2020

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

    Missing husbands, murdered trainers, and feminist revenge killers.

    By Lisa Levy | October 7, 2020

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