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    How One Author Forced Himself to Reconsider Expectations About Violence in Fiction

    How One Author Forced Himself to Reconsider Expectations About Violence in Fiction

    Michael Landweber wanted to write a book where violence was absent in all the places we most expected it.

    By Michael Landweber | March 21, 2022

    March's Best International Crime Books

    March's Best International Crime Books

    Argentine forgers, Korean assassins, and French witches

    By Molly Odintz | March 18, 2022

    Is “The Counselor” Cormac McCarthy’s Overlooked Masterpiece?

    Is “The Counselor” Cormac McCarthy’s Overlooked Masterpiece?

    The 2013 noir was a mostly derided flop. But what if it's actually one of McCarthy's more brilliant works?

    By Nick Kolakowski | March 18, 2022

    The Confessions of <br>Raquel V. Reyes

    The Confessions of
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    The author of Mango, Mambo, and Murder talks with Richie Narvaez about growing up in the South, the use of Spanish in English-language fiction, and helping marginalized writers.

    By Richie Narvaez | March 18, 2022

    Six Narrators with Unusual Perspectives

    Six Narrators with Unusual Perspectives

    An unborn child, an old badger, an intelligent mannequin, and other unfamiliar viewpoints in fiction.

    By Silje Ulstein | March 18, 2022

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    The Elements of a Comic Book Noir Novel

    The Elements of a Comic Book Noir Novel

    Alex Segura unearths the #comicbookdna of his latest, Secret Identity

    By Alex Segura | March 17, 2022

    Six Novels About Women at Work During the War

    Six Novels About Women at Work During the War

    They spied, flew planes, ran the factories, and solved all kinds of mysteries and crimes.

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    What Classic Mystery Author You Should Read, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

    What Classic Mystery Author You Should Read, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

    Agatha Christie is for Libras, and other thoughts on crime fiction and astrology.

    By Daisy Bateman | March 16, 2022

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    The Two Camps of Crime: Christie’s Cool, Cozy Tales of Ratiocination and Highsmith’s Psycho-Sexual Deep Waters

    Wayne Johnson traces the lineage of modern crime fiction.

    By Wayne Johnson | March 16, 2022

    Why Crime Writers Will Always Be Drawn to the Sea

    Why Crime Writers Will Always Be Drawn to the Sea

    Sam Lloyd on the sea as a muse – and an unreliable conspirator.

    By Sam Lloyd | March 16, 2022

    What's on a Spy Novelist's Bookshelf?

    What's on a Spy Novelist's Bookshelf?

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    Alex Segura Explains Why His Entire Life Was Leading up to the Creation of a Comic Book Noir Set in 1970s New York

    Alex Segura Explains Why His Entire Life Was Leading up to the Creation of a Comic Book Noir Set in 1970s New York

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