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The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

In 1936, Erle Stanley Gardner was thinking of killing off his most famous character. Instead, he created a new kind of lawyer.

July 2, 2021  By J. Kingston Pierce
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The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

Obsessives and eccentrics populate the fishing world. You better know your stuff if you're going to set your crime fiction there.

June 29, 2021  By John Galligan
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Immortalizing Jack Reacher

Authors of long-running series face a difficult question: how should their characters age?

June 28, 2021  By J.A. Crawford
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Bosch Season 7 Preview: In a Changed World, How Should We Feel About Police Shows?

What to expect from the new, final season of the hit series from Michael Connelly and company.

June 24, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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How the Banning of Joyce's Ulysses Led to "The Grandest Obscenity Case in the History of Law and Literature"

Morris Ernst knew he could win the case to "liberate" Joyce's famously banned novel. So he found a publisher, took a cut of the royalties, and had a copy sent by boat to America.

June 22, 2021  By Samantha Barbas
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The Best Books of the Year (So Far): Crime Fiction in 2021

CrimeReads editors select their favorite thrillers, mysteries, and crime novels of the year.

June 17, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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The Shadow Was Pulp Fiction's Original Pop Culture Phenomenon. Now, He's Mostly Forgotten. What Happened?

Before Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, and Philip Marlowe, there was the crime-fighter who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men.

June 9, 2021  By Hector DeJean
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The Art of Balancing Multiple Mystery Series

J.A. Jance moves from one long-running series to another, and it turns out the characters sometimes have minds of their own.

June 4, 2021  By J.A. Jance
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Female Public Defenders Are Unsung Heroines. It Is Long Past Time to Change That.

"The few times that court-appointed advocates for the indigent and despised are portrayed as heroes, they are almost always men."

May 11, 2021  By Lara Bazelon
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The Search for China's Serial Killers

Reliable figures are hard to come by, but recent arrests indicate that China has an unknown number of American-style serial killers.

May 6, 2021  By Brian Klingborg
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