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    Attica Locke on the Rise of the Aryan Brotherhood, and Never Quite Leaving East Texas

    Attica Locke on the Rise of the Aryan Brotherhood, and Never Quite Leaving East Texas

    The Author of Bluebird, Bluebird Talks About Her Roots, the Blues, and Cowboy Boots

    By Dwyer Murphy | September 21, 2017

    When the Devil Comes to Town: Solving a Bloody, 100-Year-Old Murder

    When the Devil Comes to Town: Solving a Bloody, 100-Year-Old Murder

    The True Crime Story of The Man from the Train

    By Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James | September 21, 2017

    10 Gritty Crime Novels That Will Take You to the 1970s NYC of The Deuce

    10 Gritty Crime Novels That Will Take You to the 1970s NYC of The Deuce

    From Chester Himes to Lawrence Block, a Tour of New York's Underbelly

    By Dwyer Murphy | September 20, 2017

    Don't Make Violence and Abuse Just Another Plot Device in Your Novel

    Don't Make Violence and Abuse Just Another Plot Device in Your Novel

    Rene Denfeld on the Way We Write About Rape and Trauma

    By Rene Denfeld | September 6, 2017

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    Sharon Bolton on Writing About the "Dark Place"

    "I May Be a Mash-Up of Charlotte Bronte and Stephen King!"

    By Daneet Steffens | September 5, 2017

    The Greatest Wine Forger in the World

    The Greatest Wine Forger in the World

    On Our Fascination with Scammers, Conmen, and Dupers of the Super-Rich

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 30, 2017

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    Stop Comparing the Kim Wall Murder to Scandinavian Crime Fiction

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    Daniel Silva on Seeing His Thriller
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    In Conversation with the Author of The Black Widow

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 23, 2017

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    On the Rise of Scandinavian
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    Anders Roslund Looks at the Growth of a Global Super-Genre

    By Anders Roslund | August 11, 2017

    Can the Internet's True Crime Obsession Lead to Real-Life Justice?

    Can the Internet's True Crime Obsession Lead to Real-Life Justice?

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    The Night I Spent in Lizzie Borden's House

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    Do Spies Turned Novelists Use Their Old Sources?

    On What Espionage Fiction Can Teach Us About This Geopolitical Mess

    By Steve Matteo | August 1, 2017

    Beach Reads. About Murder. <br>At the Actual Beach.

    Beach Reads. About Murder.
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    Monica Hesse: Writing YA and True Crime at the Same Time

    Monica Hesse: Writing YA and True Crime at the Same Time

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