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    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.

    September 11, 2019  By James R. Benn
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    4 Iconic Crime Protagonists Who Are Even More Memorable Than Their Stories

    On character being more affecting than plot

    September 11, 2019  By Thomas Kies
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    Tying in History, Mystery, and the Supernatural

    Advice for writers on how to meaningfully interweave the real, the unreal, and the unknown

    September 11, 2019  By Erin Lindsey
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    The Gothic Suspense of a Crime Scene

    "As I take a tour of a 100-year-old Tudor stripped of its guts and haunted by ghosts, I know I have no business being here."

    September 11, 2019  By D. M. Pulley
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    The Best 1990s Rom-Coms Are Detective Stories in Disguise

    Because what is love if not a complete mystery?  

    September 10, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    8 Novels About Academics Behaving Disgracefully

    These campus thrillers provide an education in suspense

    September 10, 2019  By T.M. Logan
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    100 Years Ago, the Country Debated Arming Women to Combat Sexual Assaults

    In the buildup to war, a complicated conversation about guns, rape, and the wearing of pants.

    September 10, 2019  By Amy Stewart
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    Was H.H. Holmes the Real Jack the Ripper?

    On the terrible crimes, suspicious talents, and long cultural shadow of America's "first" serial killer

    September 10, 2019  By Kerri Maniscalco
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    The Long, Proud Tradition of Jazz-Infused Crime Novels

    From the beginning, noir and jazz have gone hand-in-hand.

    September 9, 2019  By Alex Segura
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    Thrillers Revisit the
    First Gulf War

    30 Years Later, Looking at the War's Legacy in Fiction

    September 9, 2019  By Siri Mitchell
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