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    The Story of Espionage Is (Often) the Story of Incompetence

    The Story of Espionage Is (Often) the Story of Incompetence

    "Blundering is writ large across the history of betrayal."

    By James Wolff | November 15, 2021

    Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

    Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

    It was there in Fleming's books and now it's in the movies, too: James Bond wants to die.

    By Nick Kolakowski | November 5, 2021

    Lee Child and Andrew Child on Border Towns, Villains, and the New Jack Reacher Novel

    Lee Child and Andrew Child on Border Towns, Villains, and the New Jack Reacher Novel

    The brothers discuss the second novel in their collaboration.

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 26, 2021

    9 YA Survival Thrillers To Get Your Heart Pounding This Fall

    9 YA Survival Thrillers To Get Your Heart Pounding This Fall

    These novels ask the scariest question of all:
    what wouldn't you do to survive?

    By Rektok Ross | October 26, 2021

    The Crime Novels of Frankfurt

    The Crime Novels of Frankfurt

    Germany's fifth largest city has a bad rap for being boring. Behind all those book fairs and convention centers, there's a mystery.

    By Paul French | October 25, 2021

    The Monsters of Maple Falls

    The Monsters of Maple Falls

    On suspected serial killers, unsolved disappearances, and stumbled-upon remains in Whatcom County, Washington.

    By Spencer Kope | October 25, 2021

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    By Christina Dalcher | October 25, 2021

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    By Romy Hausmann | October 19, 2021

    The Bizarre History of the Many, Many Bond Imitators of 60s and 70s Pop Culture

    The Bizarre History of the Many, Many Bond Imitators of 60s and 70s Pop Culture

    For two strange decades, the spawn of Bond were everywhere.

    By Keith Roysdon | October 11, 2021

    The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher's World

    The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher's World

    In the late '80s, Lee Child—he was still Jim Grant then—picked up a copy of a French novel by Loup Durand. Its influence was profound.

    By Heather Martin | October 8, 2021

    The Birth of the CIA—And the Soviet Mole Who Had a Hand in Everything

    The Birth of the CIA—And the Soviet Mole Who Had a Hand in Everything

    At a dinner in London, 1946, Kim Philby hinted at an intriguing proposition: the complete merger of American and British intelligence.

    By Michael Holzman | October 7, 2021

    Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes?

    Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes?

    When it comes to crime fiction set in Switzerland, it's all about secrecy.

    By Paul French | October 4, 2021

    The Books, Tragedies, and Unsolved Mysteries That Inspired a New Novel Connecting Italy and New York

    The Books, Tragedies, and Unsolved Mysteries That Inspired a New Novel Connecting Italy and New York

    Vito Racanelli on Itavia Flight 870, Leonardo Sciascia, and more.

    By Vito Racanelli | October 1, 2021

    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    When it comes to getting the physiognomical effects of fear right, who cares why your characters are afraid. What matters is how they experience fear.

    By DiAnn Mills | October 1, 2021

    Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

    Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

    From Connery to Craig, here are the best takes on 007

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 30, 2021

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