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    9 Books You Should Read in December

    9 Books You Should Read in December

    A look at the month's best crime fiction, mysteries, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | December 2, 2019

    Alaska: Northern Noir

    Alaska: Northern Noir

    Crime fiction has found a strange home in the cold wilds of Alaska.

    By Paul French | December 2, 2019

    Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead

    Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead

    A wide-ranging conversation with the author and filmmaker.

    By Michael Seidlinger | December 2, 2019

    Matthew McBride on Working Class Stories and the Future of Pulp Fiction

    Matthew McBride on Working Class Stories and the Future of Pulp Fiction

    Digging into the career of a cult favorite.

    By Max Booth III | December 2, 2019

    The Best and Most Binge-Worthy Thrillers for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

    The Best and Most Binge-Worthy Thrillers for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

    So Many Thrillers to Watch, So Many Leftovers to Eat

    By Camille LeBlanc | November 27, 2019

    Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

    Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

    Mauro Altamura signed up as an extra on 'The Irishman'—he'd been struggling with the legacy of the Hoffa killing for 50 years.

    By Mauro Altamura | November 27, 2019

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    • The Disappearers
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    • The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial
    • I Liked Rex
    • Asmodeus
    • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

    Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War

    By Michael Hughes | November 26, 2019

    A Tale of Two Sex Worker
    Heist Stories

    By Aya de Leon | November 21, 2019

    Europe Is Obsessed With These Crime Series—You Will Be, Too

    By Paul French | November 21, 2019

    The Great Third Wheels of Literature

    The Great Third Wheels of Literature

    Examining the thrill and the horror of the unwanted third person.

    By Annaleese Jochems | November 20, 2019

    Film Noir Perfectly Captures the Mass Torment and Paranoia of the Mid-Twentieth Century

    Film Noir Perfectly Captures the Mass Torment and Paranoia of the Mid-Twentieth Century

    Movies and Literature Were Insistent that Society was a Madhouse

    By Troy Rondinone | November 20, 2019

    New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

    New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

    A major world city produces a major haul of crime fiction.

    By Paul French | November 18, 2019

    Crimen Latino: Latin Crime Fiction Is the Genre’s New Wave

    Crimen Latino: Latin Crime Fiction Is the Genre’s New Wave

    The new noir moves between borders, languages, and cultures.

    By Gabino Iglesias | November 15, 2019

    Brooklyn Bad Boyz: <br>The Night I Was Shot

    Brooklyn Bad Boyz:
    The Night I Was Shot

    In 2011, Michael Gonzales was shot on his doorstep in Brooklyn. Unexpectedly, the bullet traced back to a legendary hip-hop feud.

    By Michael Gonzales | November 13, 2019

    Femmes Fatales<br> and the Shattering of the <br>Capitalist Dream  

    Femmes Fatales
    and the Shattering of the
    Capitalist Dream  

    Reconsidering a 20th century crime trope, and what it says about the evolution of noir.

    By Nick Kolakowski | November 13, 2019

    Six Mafia Classics You Won't Want to Miss

    Six Mafia Classics You Won't Want to Miss

    Leave the Gun, Take the Reading List

    By Sean Rea | November 11, 2019

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