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    A Cold War Hot Spot, A Neighborhood Crime, and the Meaning of Home

    A Cold War Hot Spot, A Neighborhood Crime, and the Meaning of Home

    Growing up in the Fulda Gap was tense enough. Then the murder of a child in my small town took away my last illusions of shelter.

    By Alexandra Burt | July 21, 2020

    How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

    How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

    A Trip to the Mountains and a Story of Survival

    By Jen Waite | July 21, 2020

    Seven Mysteries Featuring Standout Seniors as Secondary Characters

    Seven Mysteries Featuring Standout Seniors as Secondary Characters

    These mysteries respect their elders.

    By S. C. Perkins | July 21, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 6

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 6

    Laura (1944)

    By Otto Penzler | July 21, 2020

    Half Moon Bay

    Half Moon Bay

    Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 21, 2020

    Lagos: Africa's Capital of Noir

    Lagos: Africa's Capital of Noir

    Crime and the City visits the sprawling, dynamic center of Nigeria's booming literary scene.

    By Paul French | July 20, 2020

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    A New York State of Mind: The Unexpected Bonding Powers of Billy Joel's Melancholy Noir

    A New York State of Mind: The Unexpected Bonding Powers of Billy Joel's Melancholy Noir

    Michael Gonzales finds a lifeline to a city, a soundtrack for grief, and a way of remembering his father.

    By Michael Gonzales | July 17, 2020

    The Coen Brothers' Enduring Ties to Crime Literature

    The Coen Brothers' Enduring Ties to Crime Literature

    From Macbeth to Lebowski and Back Again

    By Zach Vasquez | July 17, 2020

    How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

    How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

    In the 1960s, TV executives came up with a novel way of delivering Americans their mysteries—the "wheel"

    By J. Kingston Pierce | July 16, 2020

    Bad Fathers, and the Readers Who Love Them

    Bad Fathers, and the Readers Who Love Them

    Lousy dads leave a trail of emotional scars and unhappy relations. In thrillers, there also tends to be a body count.

    By Glen Erik Hamilton | July 16, 2020

    You Again

    You Again

    Debra Jo Immergut

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 16, 2020

    Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

    Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

    An open letter to the two girls still stuck in the early showing of 'The Conjuring'

    By Stephen Graham Jones | July 15, 2020

    The Exhilarating, Dangerous World of Helen Eustis

    The Exhilarating, Dangerous World of Helen Eustis

    Her 1947 novel, The Horizontal Man, was a wry, subversive take on the campus mystery. It's as timely as ever.

    By Charles Finch | July 15, 2020

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