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    Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

    Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

    "On a steamy summer day, the residential streets are absent of people and can possess an unsettling quiet. Where is everyone?"

    By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett | July 8, 2021

    In True Crime, We Find a Deep, Elusive Connection

    In True Crime, We Find a Deep, Elusive Connection

    The best true crime is an invitation to believe that our opinions and our empathy matter.

    By Jessica Chiarella | July 8, 2021

    The Most Murdered Woman in the World

    The Most Murdered Woman in the World

    How an early form of true crime set the stage for Paula Maxa, the original scream queen.

    By April Snellings | July 7, 2021

    A List of Thrillers About Thrillers (and the People Who Write Them)

    A List of Thrillers About Thrillers (and the People Who Write Them)

    Can a book about writing a book really be that exciting? The short answer is: yes!

    By David Bell | July 7, 2021

    On Loving, and Leaving, Barcelona

    On Loving, and Leaving, Barcelona

    "If I saw the beauty in Barcelona, I also saw the shadows."

    By Rupert Thomson | July 7, 2021

    The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

    The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

    To achieve her dream, T.J. Newman first had to cope with the bad news, again and again.

    By T.J. Newman | July 6, 2021

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    7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture "The Oddness of the Moment in Question"

    By Rachel Donohue | July 6, 2021

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    By CrimeReads | July 5, 2021

    The Sequelae: A Mother's Trauma and the Discovery of a Forgotten Magdalen Refuge in Manhattan

    By Carol Goodman | July 5, 2021

    I Once Interviewed A Murderer Before He Was Caught. He Seemed Perfectly Normal.

    I Once Interviewed A Murderer Before He Was Caught. He Seemed Perfectly Normal.

    A reporter-turned-crime writer thinks back on an unsettling encounter with a killer.

    By Jackie Kabler | July 5, 2021

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? July 4th Edition

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? July 4th Edition

    Families on the run, gangsters in Berlin, and spies in Warsaw.

    By Dwyer Murphy | July 2, 2021

    The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

    The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

    In 1936, Erle Stanley Gardner was thinking of killing off his most famous character. Instead, he created a new kind of lawyer.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | July 2, 2021

    Adam Diment Was a Swinging 60s Icon and the Prince of British Spy Fiction—Until He Disappeared

    Adam Diment Was a Swinging 60s Icon and the Prince of British Spy Fiction—Until He Disappeared

    Diment's sexed up spy novels were all the rage in 60s London. Then one day, he was gone.

    By Luke Poling | July 2, 2021

    7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

    7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

    These books center the experiences of murder victims by allowing them to tell their own stories.

    By Hilary Davidson | July 2, 2021

    Heather Levy on Sex, Drugs, Chronic Pain, and Her New Novel

    Heather Levy on Sex, Drugs, Chronic Pain, and Her New Novel

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | July 1, 2021

    10 Novels You Should Read This Month

    10 Novels You Should Read This Month

    July's best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | July 1, 2021

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