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    Worldbuilding: Crime and Fantasy Books Have More in Common Than You Might Think

    Worldbuilding: Crime and Fantasy Books Have More in Common Than You Might Think

    In noir, as in fantasy, it's all about finding the right details.

    By Kelly Braffet | February 11, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #33

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #33

    Criss Cross (1949)

    By Otto Penzler | February 10, 2020

    Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

    Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

    Deepa Anappara

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 7, 2020

    The Great Los Angeles Crime Novel—And the Women Who Are Revitalizing It

    The Great Los Angeles Crime Novel—And the Women Who Are Revitalizing It

    2020 Brings a Dazzling Array of Women-Authored LA Mysteries

    By Wendy Heard | February 6, 2020

    Concrete Jungle: Nairobi's Unique Brand of Noir

    Concrete Jungle: Nairobi's Unique Brand of Noir

    In a city of the displaced, searching for crime fiction is an act of excavation.

    By Peter Kimani | February 5, 2020

    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of <em>Chinatown</em>

    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of Chinatown

    The strange, unlikely events in 1969 that set Robert Towne on a course to write one of the greatest films ever made.

    By Sam Wasson | February 4, 2020

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    9 Novels You Should Read In February

    By CrimeReads | February 3, 2020

    The Crime Novels of Beirut

    By Paul French | February 3, 2020

    An Enduring Passion for a 1970s Crime Series, and The Thrill of Discovering a Lost Novel

    By Lee Goldberg | February 3, 2020

    Carl Hiaasen: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Carl Hiaasen: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Discover the wild, corrupt, uproarious world of Hiaasen's Florida.

    By Neil Nyren | January 30, 2020

    The Strange Rural Noir of Wilma Dykeman’s <em>The Tall Woman</em>

    The Strange Rural Noir of Wilma Dykeman’s The Tall Woman

    Rediscovering A Lost Classic of Mid-Century Literature

    By Chris McGinley | January 29, 2020

    Checking in with 2019's Breakout Crime Authors

    Checking in with 2019's Breakout Crime Authors

    These crime authors broke through in a big way last year. We find out how their lives changed and what they're anticipating ahead.

    By Lisa Levy | January 29, 2020

    What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History

    What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History

    An unedited shot can create incredible tension and excitement—it works for novelists, too.

    By Nicci French | January 28, 2020

    A Murder Shared . . .

    A Murder Shared . . .

    7 Crime Novels Where Murder Is a Group Activity

    By C.J. Tudor | January 28, 2020

    The Master Thieves of 1970s Crime Fiction

    The Master Thieves of 1970s Crime Fiction

    In the gritty Seventies, cities were in decline, police forces grappled with corruption, and crime authors turned to the thieves.

    By Nathan Nance | January 23, 2020

    The Horrors and Ironies of Solovetsky Prison

    The Horrors and Ironies of Solovetsky Prison

    Inside the Soviet Union's Worst Gulag

    By James L. May | January 17, 2020

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