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    Whatever Happened to Elise De Viane? On The Mystery Woman in Dashiell Hammett’s 1931 Sexual Assault Case

    90 years later, few know the story of Hammett's friend-turned-victim, who won a substantial settlement against the author after a violent sexual assault.

    June 3, 2021  By Curtis Evans
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    These Characters Know What They Want and Will Do Anything To Get It

    On the straightforward joys of single-minded villains and anti-heroes.

    May 31, 2021  By May Cobb
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    The Unlikeable Female Characters' Guide to Summer Thrillers

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    The Best New Paperback Releases Coming Out This Month

    Featuring new-in-paperback releases from Ruth Ware, Carl Hiaasen, Jennifer Hillier, and many more.

    May 26, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    The New York Underworld in Twelve Great Books

    Outlaws, addicts, dreamers, hustlers, and artists converge in the literature of New York City.

    May 25, 2021  By David Gordon
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    A Brief History of the Serial Killer Movie That Was Supposed to Be David Fincher's Follow-Up to 'Zodiac'

    Torso, starring Matt Damon, was supposed to be the next chapter in Fincher's take on American crime. So what happened?

    May 25, 2021  By Joshua Hull and Posterspy
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    May's Best International Crime Fiction

    Illusionists in Paris, Snipers in Taiwan, and Safecrackers in Cairo

    May 25, 2021  By Molly Odintz
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    Why Crime Fiction Is The Perfect Expression of Slavic Melancholy

    "Every Russian literary work is a crime novel"

    May 21, 2021  By Yelena Moskovich
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    On Klub Founder Howard Paar On Writing a Mem-Noir Based on the Iconic Venue

    "The friends I made, and most original punks, I believe, felt an affinity for noir in all its forms."

    May 20, 2021  By Howard Paar
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    Shop Talk: Megan Abbott Drinks Two Diet Cokes, Makes Weird Choices, and Keeps on Writing

    Crime writers talking novels, scripts, and tchotchkes

    May 20, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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