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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."
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Amy Suiter Clarke
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Seven Suspenseful Novels That Examine Immigrant Identity
The literature of immigrant life has plenty of room for suspense.
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Zhanna Slor
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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.
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The Anatomy of Desire
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Milan: Italy’s Capital of Style Goes Noir
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On Cowardice and Crime Fiction
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The Complex History of 'Gay Panic' and the 2001 Thriller
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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.
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Confessions of a Librarian and Historical Mystery Novelist
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Shop Talk: William Boyle on Writing Crime Novels at 5 AM on a Casino Laptop
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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.
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M.E. Hilliard
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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."
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Hopeton Hay
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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.
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