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    England’s Lake District: All the Calm and Placid Water Hides an Awful Lot of Murder

    England’s Lake District: All the Calm and Placid Water Hides an Awful Lot of Murder

    Crime and the City takes a late summer holiday with the crime fiction of the Lake District.

    By Paul French | September 12, 2022

    Eight Courtroom Dramas That Leave Readers Reeling 

    Eight Courtroom Dramas That Leave Readers Reeling 

    There's nothing quite like the magic of a good legal thriller.

    By Jillian Medoff | August 5, 2022

    How Quinn Martin and His Crime Shows Came to Dominate 1970s TV

    How Quinn Martin and His Crime Shows Came to Dominate 1970s TV

    The prolific producer put his mark on crime TV—then Hollywood wouldn't let him do anything different..

    By Keith Roysdon | July 22, 2022

    Nadine Matheson on Serial Killer Fiction, Stealing Time, and Criminal Defense

    Nadine Matheson on Serial Killer Fiction, Stealing Time, and Criminal Defense

    "I’ve represented people who have been accused of the most horrific of crimes and some of those people have been the vilest of people who I would be happy never to see again."

    By Peter Handel | July 19, 2022

    Susie Steiner: An Appreciation

    Susie Steiner: An Appreciation

    On the author of the Manon Bradshaw novels who passed away earlier this month.

    By Frederick Weisel | July 14, 2022

    Nadine Matheson: In the Mind of a Killer

    Nadine Matheson: In the Mind of a Killer

    The author considers whether her work as a criminal defense lawyer allows her to more easily move into the minds of killers.

    By Nadine Matheson | July 13, 2022

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    Javier Cercas and The Art of the Back Story

    By Paul French | June 17, 2022

    A Real Desire to Write Fake Lawyers

    By Joey Hartstone | June 15, 2022

    Your Guide to the Best New Shows Coming Out This Month

    By Dwyer Murphy | May 31, 2022

    Robin Peguero: How Proximity to Murder Has Shaped My Life

    Robin Peguero: How Proximity to Murder Has Shaped My Life

    A Harvard man and a Florida teenager: the author of a new legal thriller looks back at the murderers that set his course.

    By Robin Peguero | May 17, 2022

    The Comfort of Dark Crime Fiction in Dark Times

    The Comfort of Dark Crime Fiction in Dark Times

    Misha Popp on the viewers who find what they need in Criminal Minds

    By Misha Popp | May 16, 2022

    My First Thriller: David Baldacci

    My First Thriller: David Baldacci

    After David Baldacci got the phone call that would change his life, he had to walk back into a roomful of insurance lawyers.

    By Rick Pullen | May 5, 2022

    Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

    Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

    Featuring more Bosch, more Staircase, more Lincoln Lawyer, and most importantly Rosie Perez.

    By Dwyer Murphy | April 29, 2022

    My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

    My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

    The bestselling author explains how he bounced around between jobs, agents and publishers, holding onto a dream, and eventually achieving it.

    By Rick Pullen | April 14, 2022

    In Defense of a Thriller Trope: “Damsels in Distress”

    In Defense of a Thriller Trope: “Damsels in Distress”

    Nancy Allen spent her career prosecuting felonies in the Ozarks. She urges readers not to turn away from the dangers women face.

    By Nancy Allen | March 24, 2022

    Crime and the City: Birmingham

    Crime and the City: Birmingham

    Crime in England’s Second City, “Courtesy of the Peaky B’s”

    By Paul French | March 14, 2022

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