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    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of <em>Vice Squad</em>

    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of Vice Squad

    Celebrating a lost 1980s neo-noir classic

    By Zach Vasquez | September 17, 2019

    September's Best Action Thrillers

    September's Best Action Thrillers

    5 Big New Books to Read This Month

    By Ryan Steck | September 17, 2019

    Munchausen by Proxy Is the Crime Story of the Moment

    Munchausen by Proxy Is the Crime Story of the Moment

    Four case studies of a disease that's rarer in real life than on TV.

    By Nile Cappello | September 17, 2019

    8 Novels Featuring Atypical Amateur Sleuths

    8 Novels Featuring Atypical Amateur Sleuths

    Sometimes, an outsider's perspective is just what you need to solve the case...

    By Sarah Lotz | September 16, 2019

    What Writers Can Learn from Dante—Seriously, From Dante

    What Writers Can Learn from Dante—Seriously, From Dante

    Writing is a lonely, anxiety-inducing business. Dante can help.

    By Matthew Pearl | September 16, 2019

    Seven of Crime Fiction's Most Terrifying Marriages

    Seven of Crime Fiction's Most Terrifying Marriages

    The complex, twisted literature of "till death do us part"

    By Gina LaManna | September 16, 2019

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    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 13, 2019

    Extreme Religion and Fiction’s Most Chilling Believers

    By Lizzy Barber | September 13, 2019

    How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

    How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

    In a tumultuous era, a kids mystery show stirred up the old questions—and the atmosphere—of gothic storytelling.

    By Eleni Theodoropoulos | September 13, 2019

    The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope

    The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope

    How crime novels—and two high-profile TV adaptations—are challenging our ideas about female criminality.

    By John Copenhaver | September 13, 2019

    Graphic Novels and Social Justice: A Primer

    Graphic Novels and Social Justice: A Primer

    On learning to write thrillers about social issues from comic books.

    By John Vercher | September 12, 2019

    It's Time to Read More Spy Fiction By Women, About Women

    It's Time to Read More Spy Fiction By Women, About Women

    10 novels that explore the world of women spies in the World Wars

    By Susan Elia MacNeal | September 12, 2019

    A Conversation About Interrogating Our True Crime Obsessions

    A Conversation About Interrogating Our True Crime Obsessions

    Criminal Broads Presents: An interview with Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites

    By Tori Telfer | September 12, 2019

    In Defense of The Sheriff of Nottingham

    In Defense of The Sheriff of Nottingham

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    By Nathan Makaryk | September 12, 2019

    The Crime Novels of WWII

    The Crime Novels of WWII

    How Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Hughes, and other crime icons addressed (or didn't) the war in crime fiction.

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