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    Rex Stout: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Rex Stout: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and a Crime Fiction Legend

    By Neil Nyren | August 23, 2019

    Now Streaming in Crime: August

    Now Streaming in Crime: August

    Your Guide to the Best Noir, Mystery, and Thrillers Now Streaming

    By Camille LeBlanc | August 23, 2019

    1970s Crime Fiction <br>and The Incredible Rise of 'Regional' Noir

    1970s Crime Fiction
    and The Incredible Rise of 'Regional' Noir

    In the 1970s and 80s, Boston, Seattle, Detroit, and other regional cities became the new capitals of crime fiction.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | August 22, 2019

    August's Best International Crime Fiction

    August's Best International Crime Fiction

    Italian scandals, French octogenarians, and Japanese metafiction.

    By CrimeReads | August 22, 2019

    Curing Homesickness with Crime Fiction

    Curing Homesickness with Crime Fiction

    Crime fiction can take us outside ourselves—and in resolution, return us home.

    By Elka Ray | August 21, 2019

    10 Great Books That Defy All Genre Labels

    10 Great Books That Defy All Genre Labels

    What is a "crime" book, anyway?

    By Rob Hart | August 20, 2019

    Best Reviewed
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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

    On Learning to Shoot a Gun

    By Lisa Sandlin | August 19, 2019

    The Conspiracy Theories Around the Death of Brian Jones: 50 Years Later

    By William Shaw | August 15, 2019

    The Unsung Godfather of
    Film Noir

    By David Handler | August 13, 2019

    Sympathetic Villains: Five Psychopaths We Pity, Root For, and Identify With

    Sympathetic Villains: Five Psychopaths We Pity, Root For, and Identify With

    "What happens when those who commit crimes are humanized?"

    By Elizabeth Macneal | August 13, 2019

    Alex Segura on Miami, Music and Celebrating Contemporary Crime Fiction

    Alex Segura on Miami, Music and Celebrating Contemporary Crime Fiction

    Two Florida crime authors discuss closing out a beloved PI series.

    By Steph Post | August 13, 2019

    Kuala Lumpur Noir

    Kuala Lumpur Noir

    Scandals, Assassinations, Murders and a New Malaysian Sense of Noir

    By Paul French | August 12, 2019

    The Deeply Unsettling Noir of Dorothy B. Hughes

    The Deeply Unsettling Noir of Dorothy B. Hughes

    Celebrating the dark visions of literature's queen of noir.

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 9, 2019

    In Rural Noir, I Found Myself

    In Rural Noir, I Found Myself

    Pop culture didn't have stories about people like me—until I discovered the growing genre of rural noir.

    By Laura McHugh | August 8, 2019

    The Best One-Star Reviews of Dostoevsky's <em>Crime and Punishment</em>

    The Best One-Star Reviews of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

    "In about one hour, I am going to walk down to the beach and throw this book into the Red Sea."

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 8, 2019

    Inverting—and Avoiding—the ‘Dead Girl’ Trope

    Inverting—and Avoiding—the ‘Dead Girl’ Trope

    Writers Carolyn Murnick and Alex Segura discuss the dangers and pitfalls of the crime genre’s most problematic trend.

    By Alex Segura | August 5, 2019

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