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    How Crime Writers Can Reimagine Public Safety Without Police

    How Crime Writers Can Reimagine Public Safety Without Police

    "The next wave of crime fiction could help shape the public imagination of what a world where police weren’t in charge of public safety could look like."

    By Amy Suiter Clarke | April 20, 2021

    Seven Suspenseful Novels That Examine Immigrant Identity

    Seven Suspenseful Novels That Examine Immigrant Identity

    The literature of immigrant life has plenty of room for suspense.

    By Zhanna Slor | April 20, 2021

    Fraud and Spiritualism Between the Wars: A Study of Two Hoaxes

    Fraud and Spiritualism Between the Wars: A Study of Two Hoaxes

    In the 1930s, famed spiritual investigator and ghost hunter Nandor Fodor found himself disappointed by several hoaxes.

    By Kate Summerscale | April 20, 2021

    The Anatomy of Desire

    The Anatomy of Desire

    L.R. Dorn

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 20, 2021

    James Ellroy Is Going to Host a Podcast About Los Angeles Crime—Seriously

    James Ellroy Is Going to Host a Podcast About Los Angeles Crime—Seriously

    "James Ellroy’s Hollywood Death Trip" drops in August.

    By CrimeReads | April 19, 2021

    Milan: Italy’s Capital of Style Goes Noir

    Milan: Italy’s Capital of Style Goes Noir

    Milan is Italy's capital of industry and fashion. It also has a long tradition of crime novels that explore the city's underbelly.

    By Paul French | April 19, 2021

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    Resurrecting Edgar Allan Poe While Continuously Disappointing My Mother

    By Mindy McGinnis | April 19, 2021

    How Do You Keep A Long-Running Series Fresh? The Secret Is Character

    By C.S. Harris | April 19, 2021

    On Cowardice and Crime Fiction

    By Bridget Foley | April 16, 2021

    The Complex History of 'Gay Panic' and the 2001 Thriller <em>The Deep End</em>

    The Complex History of 'Gay Panic' and the 2001 Thriller The Deep End

    The 1947 novel is about protecting a teenage daughter's sexual 'virtue'. The 2001 film changes that character to a gay son, and plays with how his sexuality leads to a domestic panic.

    By Matthew John Phillips | April 16, 2021

    Confessions of a Librarian and Historical Mystery Novelist

    Confessions of a Librarian and Historical Mystery Novelist

    Plotting murder and historical manipulations in the public library

    By Will Thomas | April 16, 2021

    Shop Talk: William Boyle on Writing Crime Novels at 5 AM on a Casino Laptop

    Shop Talk: William Boyle on Writing Crime Novels at 5 AM on a Casino Laptop

    Writers talk craft, coffee, and the all-important writing routine.

    By Eli Cranor | April 15, 2021

    Why Librarians Are Natural Born Detectives

    Why Librarians Are Natural Born Detectives

    Whether you're looking for information about an uncle's will or a homemade poison, the reference desk is the place to go.

    By M.E. Hilliard | April 15, 2021

    Lawrence P. Jackson, Chester Himes' Biographer, on the Iconic Harlem Detective Series

    Lawrence P. Jackson, Chester Himes' Biographer, on the Iconic Harlem Detective Series

    "They take no prisoners. There are no heroes. Everybody is exposed for who they are at their least desirable or least beautiful moments."

    By Hopeton Hay | April 15, 2021

    Why Crime Fiction Needs to Take on the World—and Change It

    Why Crime Fiction Needs to Take on the World—and Change It

    This isn't Philip Marlowe's world anymore. Crime authors need to take on international issues and aim for real change.

    By Bryan Christy | April 15, 2021

    Young Blood

    Young Blood

    Sifiso Mzobe

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 14, 2021

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