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    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.

    By CrimeReads | September 25, 2019

    Angel Luis Colón on Writing Violence, Finding New Voices, and Flipping Off the World

    Angel Luis Colón on Writing Violence, Finding New Voices, and Flipping Off the World

    The Bronx author is serious about changing the crime community.

    By Désirée Zamorano | September 25, 2019

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    • Exit Party
    • Fallow
    • Our Noble Selves
    • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
    • The Newer World
    • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
    • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
    • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
    • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
    • The Rouse

    Now Streaming in Crime: September

    By Camille LeBlanc | September 25, 2019

    Hog Noir and the Morally Ambiguous Hero

    By Heather Harper Ellett | September 24, 2019

    The Mysteries of Budapest

    By Paul French | September 23, 2019

    Oyinkan Braithwaite Has Two Sisters, Neither of Whom Is a Serial Killer

    Oyinkan Braithwaite Has Two Sisters, Neither of Whom Is a Serial Killer

    And other facts we learned from interviewing the author of 2018's breakout debut, My Sister, The Serial Killer

    By Molly Odintz | September 23, 2019

    A Crime Author Grapples With the Old Question: Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?

    A Crime Author Grapples With the Old Question: Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?

    Reed Farrel Coleman on "borrowing from the headlines" and continuing a beloved Robert B. Parker series.

    By Reed Farrel Coleman | September 19, 2019

    Discovering a Lost Classic of 1970s Crime Fiction

    Discovering a Lost Classic of 1970s Crime Fiction

    Ralph Dennis was one of the best, and most neglected crime writers of the decade—and he's due for a revival.

    By Lee Goldberg | September 18, 2019

    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of <em>Vice Squad</em>

    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of Vice Squad

    Celebrating a lost 1980s neo-noir classic

    By Zach Vasquez | September 17, 2019

    September's Best Action Thrillers

    September's Best Action Thrillers

    5 Big New Books to Read This Month

    By Ryan Steck | September 17, 2019

    8 Novels Featuring Atypical Amateur Sleuths

    8 Novels Featuring Atypical Amateur Sleuths

    Sometimes, an outsider's perspective is just what you need to solve the case...

    By Sarah Lotz | September 16, 2019

    The Crime Novels of WWII

    The Crime Novels of WWII

    How Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Hughes, and other crime icons addressed (or didn't) the war in crime fiction.

    By James R. Benn | September 11, 2019

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