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    Crime in a Tenured Position: <br>The Feminist Mysteries of Carolyn Heilbrun

    Crime in a Tenured Position:
    The Feminist Mysteries of Carolyn Heilbrun

    As Amanda Cross, Carolyn Heilbrun used her Kate Fansler series to explore academia, politics, and modern womanhood.

    By Marlowe Benn | June 17, 2020

    The Sufi Spy Who Fought The Fascists in Nazi-Occupied Paris

    The Sufi Spy Who Fought The Fascists in Nazi-Occupied Paris

    Snapshot from History: Noor Inayat Khan, codename "Madeleine," arrives in France to join a resistance circle as a radio operator.

    By Arthur J. Magida | June 17, 2020

    India's Most Celebrated Film Director Was Also a Bestselling Detective Novelist

    India's Most Celebrated Film Director Was Also a Bestselling Detective Novelist

    Reflecting on the brilliant career of Satyajit Ray

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 17, 2020

    How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

    How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

    On death, preservation, genius, detectives, villages, and eighteenth-century graveyard poems

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 16, 2020

    The Unbearable Dread of the Slow-Burn Car Chase Scene

    The Unbearable Dread of the Slow-Burn Car Chase Scene

    Some car chases unfold at high speeds. Others take their time and trace their way into the dark corners of your soul.

    By Jessica Barry | June 16, 2020

    The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

    The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

    In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller left Boston for Buenos Aires. Two weeks later, it was in Halifax with three brutally murdered. What happened on board was a deeply unsettling mystery.

    By Gerard Koeppel | June 16, 2020

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    10 Physicians Who Also Write Crime Fiction

    By Molly Odintz | June 16, 2020

    Writers Under Lockdown: Surviving (and Writing) During a Pandemic

    By Nick Kolakowski | June 15, 2020

    The Mostly Forgotten Irish Crime Novelist at the Center of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

    By Shane Mawe | June 15, 2020

    We're on a Mission to Help You Parse Through All the Crime Books with 'Girl' in the Title

    We're on a Mission to Help You Parse Through All the Crime Books with 'Girl' in the Title

    The third installment of The Great Disambiguation Project

    By Lisa Levy | June 15, 2020

    With the World on Lockdown, Crime Fiction Is the Perfect Way to Travel

    With the World on Lockdown, Crime Fiction Is the Perfect Way to Travel

    A travel writer turns to fiction to quell the wanderlust.

    By Debra Bokur | June 12, 2020

    Growing Up In a Small Town, Books Opened My World

    Growing Up In a Small Town, Books Opened My World

    How fiction helped me learn about the world beyond my small mining town—and gave me a new understanding of my home.

    By J.A. Jance | June 12, 2020

    5 True Crime Books to Read This June

    5 True Crime Books to Read This June

    A look at the month's best crime nonfiction.

    By CrimeReads | June 12, 2020

    Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

    Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

    A 1965 novel about racial injustice and police brutality in the Deep South was hailed by critics and made into a major movie. The story would haunt its author until the bitter end.

    By Michael Gonzales | June 11, 2020

    <em>Good Girls</em>, <em>Weeds</em>, And The Problem with Suburban Criminality on Screen

    Good Girls, Weeds, And The Problem with Suburban Criminality on Screen

    They're not doing it for their families. They're doing it for the ideals of middle-class consumerism.

    By Molly Odintz | June 11, 2020

    The True Crime Bond

    The True Crime Bond

    On Inheriting My Mother's Obsession with Murder

    By Marcia Trahan | June 11, 2020

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