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    Five True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

    Five True Crime Books You Should Read This Month

    Hollywood spies, assassins, and a forgotten kidnapping epidemic.

    By CrimeReads | April 23, 2020

    The Hunter, The Hunted, and “The Most Dangerous Game

    The Hunter, The Hunted, and “The Most Dangerous Game"

    A political thriller author and former SEAL Team member reflects on the warrior's life and a classic short story.

    By Jack Carr | April 23, 2020

    In Praise of the Slow, Complex Crime Novel

    In Praise of the Slow, Complex Crime Novel

    A look at two recent novels that take on intergenerational trauma and violence against women.

    By TaraShea Nesbit | April 23, 2020

    5 International Crime Novels You Should Read This April

    5 International Crime Novels You Should Read This April

    (Mentally) Escape Quarantine With These 5 Crime Books Perfect for the Armchair Traveler

    By Molly Odintz | April 22, 2020

    Why True Stories Don’t Always <br>Make Good Fiction

    Why True Stories Don’t Always
    Make Good Fiction

    His prison stories were visceral and true. But did they make for compelling fiction?

    By David Moloney | April 22, 2020

    The Dutch anti-Nazi children’s book from the 1940s that depicts Hitler as a bug

    The Dutch anti-Nazi children’s book from the 1940s that depicts Hitler as a bug

    Spoiler: he gets eaten.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 22, 2020

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    From Atticus Finch to Saul Goodman: The Evolution of Lawyers on Screen and Page

    By Paul Levine | April 21, 2020

    How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

    By Stephan Talty | April 21, 2020

    Motherhood and Monsters: How Being a Parent Helps Me Write Thrillers

    By Jennifer Hillier | April 21, 2020

    Eight Novels to Make You Question Reality

    Eight Novels to Make You Question Reality

    Exploring the uncanny in fiction.

    By Camilla Bruce | April 21, 2020

    Marcia Clark For the Defense

    Marcia Clark For the Defense

    The Famed Attorney and Bestselling Author Talks Crime, Compulsion, and (Lack of) Closure

    By John B. Valeri | April 20, 2020

    The King of the Golden Age <br>Crime Novel in Japan: <br>Seishi Yokomizo

    The King of the Golden Age
    Crime Novel in Japan:
    Seishi Yokomizo

    The Golden Age of Mystery had its heyday in Japan, too. One author led the way.

    By Paul French | April 20, 2020

    The Most Toxic Friendships in Crime Fiction

    The Most Toxic Friendships in Crime Fiction

    Cheaters, liars, killers, and other best friends.

    By Lisa Levy | April 20, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #19

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #19

    North by Northwest (1959)

    By Otto Penzler | April 20, 2020

    Bosch Is Back—And He's Still the Prickly Bastard You Want Showing Up at a Crime Scene

    Bosch Is Back—And He's Still the Prickly Bastard You Want Showing Up at a Crime Scene

    Six seasons in, Bosch may just be TV's best police procedural.

    By Keith Roysdon | April 17, 2020

    The Binge-Read: 10 Iconic Crime Fiction Series of the 1960s

    The Binge-Read: 10 Iconic Crime Fiction Series of the 1960s

    Time to read your way through the modern history of crime novels.

    By Molly Odintz | April 17, 2020

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