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Merry Christmas from Donnie Brasco, Henry Hill, and a couple deranged hitmen.

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Korean thrillers, Cuban noir, and French mysteries. We're rounding up the year's best international fiction.

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Keith Roysdon on the sideshow's unique place in American culture

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For Hawthorne, whose ancestors led the prosecution of Salem's witches, the community's corrupted soul was ever present.

A Classic in the Making: First Look at Cliff Chiang's Catwoman: Lonely City

Alex Segura and Cliff Chiang discuss the creation of a Catwoman heist story.

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A first look and cover reveal for Kismet, Akhtar's new thriller

The Technicolor Noir of 'West Side Story'

“Everywhere grime in America / Organized crime in America”

The Best Espionage Novels of 2021

Perfume thieves, Silicon Valley spies, and Cold War slow-burns. We're looking back at the year in spy fiction.

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It was Christmas Eve and the King had been drafted. He decided to blow some stuff up.

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