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    Why We Love Looking for Hidden Symbols—In Thrillers and In Real Life

    Thriller authors discuss the power of literary treasure hunting.

    December 13, 2019  By Ellen Crosby
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    5 Mysteries Set Between the World Wars

    Why mystery writers are drawn to the 1920s and 30s.

    December 10, 2019  By Donis Casey
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    The Assassination of Thomas Doughty by the Brigand Sir Francis Drake

    Or, what the Doughty Affair reveals about piracy, superstition, and witchcraft in the 16th Century.

    December 9, 2019  By S.J. Parris
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    Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar

    Kate Saunders

    "I wrote to Rachel Somers as soon as I got home, boldly announcing my arrival the following week."

    December 6, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Under Occupation

    Alan Furst

    "In early October, the first of the Autumn storms Began in the late afternoon, with rumbles of thunder up in Normandy somewhere, then, by nightfall, the rain reached Paris, where it beat against the windows of the gray city and streamed down the channels at the edges of the cobblestone streets."

    November 26, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Film Noir Perfectly Captures the Mass Torment and Paranoia of the Mid-Twentieth Century

    Movies and Literature Were Insistent that Society was a Madhouse

    November 20, 2019  By Troy Rondinone
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    The Second Sleep

    Robert Harris

    "Something woke him. He was not sure what. The room was in such darkness that between his eyes being shut and open there was no difference."

    November 19, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Victorian Mystery Novels Set Around the World—Yes, That's Right, Outside England

    Japan, Russia, Brazil...Victorian-era historical fiction is so much more than London streets and British Empire.

    November 14, 2019  By Will Thomas
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    Miss Sherlock is the Smartest, Most Intuitive Sherlock Holmes Adaptation We've Seen in a While

    On Japan's female-led Sherlock Holmes reboot and how it understands its characters while transforming them.

    November 7, 2019  By Radha Vatsal
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    26 Years Later, Nicholas Meyer Is Returning to Sherlock Holmes. Why Now?

    The legendary author and director sets Sherlock Holmes on the trail of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.'

    November 6, 2019  By Adam Langer
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