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    Seven Thrillers About Identity and Reinvention

    Seven Thrillers About Identity and Reinvention

    Can you truly know the people in your life? Or yourself?

    By Catherine McKenzie | June 10, 2020

    Lillie Langtry and the 19th Century's Gentlewomen Influencers

    Lillie Langtry and the 19th Century's Gentlewomen Influencers

    On the rise of the "Professional Beauty"

    By Laurie R. King | June 10, 2020

    Should Your Crime Novel Be Set in a Real Place or a Fictional One?

    Should Your Crime Novel Be Set in a Real Place or a Fictional One?

    Over the course of crime fiction history, authors have always wrestled with questions of setting.

    By Angela Marsons | June 10, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #16

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #16

    The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    By Otto Penzler | June 10, 2020

    On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical

    On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical "Nice Guy" Cop

    Meet the insidious Mr. Bucket, who embodies Dickens' misgivings about the police force he once enthusiastically supported

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 9, 2020

    A Small Nevada Town Inspires a Crime Novel and a Personal Reckoning

    A Small Nevada Town Inspires a Crime Novel and a Personal Reckoning

    Envy and relief in small town America.

    By Heather Young | June 9, 2020

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    Into the Deep: Six Novels That Prove Lakes Are the Perfect Setting for a Murder Mystery

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    How Advertising Taught Me The Art of the Twist

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    Is Sydney Australia's Capital of Noir?

    By Paul French | June 8, 2020

    One day, my husband disappeared. It was only the start of a larger mystery.

    One day, my husband disappeared. It was only the start of a larger mystery.

    An author's day-by-day account of her husband's disappearance.

    By Aspen Matis | June 8, 2020

    More Girls! Girls! Girls! (in the Titles of Crime Novels)

    More Girls! Girls! Girls! (in the Titles of Crime Novels)

    The Great Disambiguation Project continues breaking down the many, many books with girls in the title.

    By Lisa Levy | June 8, 2020

    Announcing the 2020 Dagger Awards Longlist

    Announcing the 2020 Dagger Awards Longlist

    The Crime Writers' Association honors the year's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | June 5, 2020

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This June

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This June

    What goes with a swanky summer cocktail better than something dark and discomfiting?

    By Lisa Levy | June 5, 2020

    The Classics of Boxing Literature

    The Classics of Boxing Literature

    For thousands of years, writers have been depicting and interrogating fight culture.

    By David Albertyn | June 5, 2020

    11 Crime Novels That Explore Tensions Between Police and Communities

    11 Crime Novels That Explore Tensions Between Police and Communities

    It's time to go beyond the idea of bad apples and acknowledge the structural issues that pervade our system. Crime fiction can help.

    By Molly Odintz | June 5, 2020

    John Logan, Creator of Penny Dreadful, on His New Spinoff Series, City of Angels

    John Logan, Creator of Penny Dreadful, on His New Spinoff Series, City of Angels

    "You can't imagine how happy I am to be writing a proper crime story!"

    By Michael Barson | June 5, 2020

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