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    Can Everyone Stop Slagging Off Brighton, Already?

    Can Everyone Stop Slagging Off Brighton, Already?

    In defense of the once-seedy, now-sparkling crime fiction mecca.

    By Lynne Truss | October 16, 2019

    Steph Cha Is Reimagining the Los Angeles Crime Novel

    Steph Cha Is Reimagining the Los Angeles Crime Novel

    Family, Race, and the Aftermath in 1990's L.A.

    By Lisa Levy | October 15, 2019

    Celebrating Elmore Leonard's

    Celebrating Elmore Leonard's "Rules for Writing"

    The master craftsman gave us more than just the 10 rules—and they're all good ones.

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 11, 2019

    Blues in the Dark

    Blues in the Dark

    Raymond Benson

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 11, 2019

    5 Classics of Cyberpunk Noir

    5 Classics of Cyberpunk Noir

    Cyberpunk and crime fiction evolved out of the pulps, and their shared outsider DNA still connects them.

    By Nick Kolakowski | October 10, 2019

    Lee Child Grapples With Mortality, Sales, Rivals, and Successors

    Lee Child Grapples With Mortality, Sales, Rivals, and Successors

    Who could take over the Jack Reacher series? Child wonders.

    By Andy Martin | October 9, 2019

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    Who's Buried in John Dillinger's Tomb?

    Who's Buried in John Dillinger's Tomb?

    The long afterlife of America's favorite outlaw.

    By Crawford Smith | October 7, 2019

    An Irish Author Takes the Global View

    An Irish Author Takes the Global View

    Kevin Barry's mournful crime epic pushes through boundaries

    By Tobias Carroll | October 7, 2019

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of October

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of October

    The best thrillers, noir, and true crime docs arriving this month.

    By Camille LeBlanc | October 4, 2019

    From Boston To Cape Cod and Back Again—In Crime Fiction

    From Boston To Cape Cod and Back Again—In Crime Fiction

    Exploring a region's mystery pantheon

    By Peter Colt | October 2, 2019

    On Crafting a Pioneering Queer Crime Fiction Series

    On Crafting a Pioneering Queer Crime Fiction Series

    "I had a revelation: the private eye in noir fiction was a perfect metaphor for how gay men navigated the 'normal' world where both were outsiders."

    By Michael Nava | October 1, 2019

    Martin Scorsese’s Gangland Sagas and the Dream of Upward Social Mobility

    Martin Scorsese’s Gangland Sagas and the Dream of Upward Social Mobility

    For decades, the director has been charting a dark, debauched journey up the criminal ladder.

    By Zach Vasquez | September 26, 2019

    September's Best Debut Fiction

    September's Best Debut Fiction

    Literary spies, dogged reporters, and a fight against contagion.

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