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    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

    On Nevada’s 1940 "One-Cent Hitchhiker Slaying"

    By Curtis Evans | January 27, 2021

    Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

    Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

    A look at five films where morality is supplanted by need

    By Thomas H. Carry | January 27, 2021

    Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    In 1965, a pair of radical bohemian journalists invented Scandinavian Noir and reimagined what crime fiction could do.

    By Neil Nyren | January 22, 2021

    The Long, Unusual Career of Russell James, the

    The Long, Unusual Career of Russell James, the "Godfather of British Noir"

    He didn't set out to write crime novels. Thirty years later, he still doesn't recognize any genre boundaries.

    By Peter Handel | January 22, 2021

    Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's <em>Strangers on a Train</em>, 70 Years Later

    Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, 70 Years Later

    The author of The Girl on the Train appreciates Highsmith's uniquely sickening vision of humanity.

    By Paula Hawkins | January 20, 2021

    Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

    Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

    Shakespeare's villain, in all his treachery and complexity, still resonates, centuries later.

    By Chris Harding Thornton | January 20, 2021

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    By Una Mannion | January 13, 2021

    The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

    The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

    You, too, can travel the world, speak to interesting people, and craft convincing lies about murder and mayhem.

    By Lee Goldberg | January 12, 2021

    The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    California crime writers discuss police, fires, pandemic, proposition politics, and the future of crime fiction.

    By Lisa Levy | January 11, 2021

    Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

    Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

    In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

    By Craig Pittman | January 8, 2021

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021

    89 mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels to get you through the year.

    By Molly Odintz | January 7, 2021

    My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

    My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

    Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

    By Rick Pullen | January 7, 2021

    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Fifty years later, the investigation into the mysterious death of actor George Reeves, TV's Superman, still resonates.

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    Nobody saw Cohen back in Brooklyn. Until a few gangsters went to the movies and saw their old colleague on the silver screen.

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