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    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

    Steph Cha and Tom Lutz Talk Noir in the 21st Century

    Steph Cha and Tom Lutz Talk Noir in the 21st Century

    Bleak Visions, Numskull Crooks, and "The Horror of Human Perfidy"

    By Steph Cha & Tom Lutz | January 14, 2020

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    • Luna, Phoenix, Queen
    • Music Against the Night
    • Peck & Peck
    • The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East
    • The End of Everything
    • Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science
    • American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs
    • Solace House
    • On Another Planet They Can Save Me
    • Reds: A Global History of Communism

    The Strange Cinematic Afterlife of 'Red Harvest'

    By Nick Kolakowski | January 10, 2020

    Justice for Serenity

    By Zach Vasquez | January 7, 2020

    Saint Petersburg: City of Revolution...and Crime Fiction

    By Paul French | January 6, 2020

    “One Last Job, Then I’m Out…”: Broken Resolutions in Classic Crime Films

    “One Last Job, Then I’m Out…”: Broken Resolutions in Classic Crime Films

    A brief history of broken promises in noir.

    By Zach Vasquez | January 3, 2020

    10 Novels You Should Read in January

    10 Novels You Should Read in January

    The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | January 2, 2020

    How 'The Godfather' Became an Unlikely Holiday Classic

    How 'The Godfather' Became an Unlikely Holiday Classic

    Every year, families gather 'round the hearth to watch the movie once described as a 'pornography of violence.'

    By Halley Sutton | December 20, 2019

    Forget 'Die Hard'—<br>This Christmas, Watch<br> 'The Silent Partner'

    Forget 'Die Hard'—
    This Christmas, Watch
    'The Silent Partner'

    The 1970s neo-noir Christmas heist film you need this year.

    By Zach Vasquez | December 20, 2019

    The Best Noir Fiction of 2019

    The Best Noir Fiction of 2019

    A look at the year's best and bleakest hard-boiled reads.

    By CrimeReads | December 19, 2019

    10 More Crime Movies You Forgot Take Place During Christmas

    10 More Crime Movies You Forgot Take Place During Christmas

    Nothing marks the holiday season like a viewing of 'The Thin Man' or a brooding Patricia Highsmith tale of forbidden love.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | December 18, 2019

    How to Power Your Novel Through the All-Important Second Act

    How to Power Your Novel Through the All-Important Second Act

    A thriller author breaks down a tried-and-true plotting tradition.

    By Wendy Heard | December 17, 2019

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