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    Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage

    Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 24, 2019

    The Mysteries of Budapest

    The Mysteries of Budapest

    The Hungarian capital's century of change, reflected in noir.

    By Paul French | September 23, 2019

    Oyinkan Braithwaite Has Two Sisters, Neither of Whom Is a Serial Killer

    Oyinkan Braithwaite Has Two Sisters, Neither of Whom Is a Serial Killer

    And other facts we learned from interviewing the author of 2018's breakout debut, My Sister, The Serial Killer

    By Molly Odintz | September 23, 2019

    General Douglas MacArthur: A Life of (Alleged) Conspiracies

    General Douglas MacArthur: A Life of (Alleged) Conspiracies

    Coups, scheming businessmen, and a hidden treasure known as “Yamashita’s Gold"

    By Steve Anderson | September 23, 2019

    "In a Glass Darkly"

    Agatha Christie

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 20, 2019

    Law & Order SVU Has Been Going Strong for 20 Years—But the Original Was Better

    Law & Order SVU Has Been Going Strong for 20 Years—But the Original Was Better

    Celebrating procedure over personal lives.

    By Lilly Dancyger | September 20, 2019

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    By CrimeReads | September 19, 2019

    A Crime Author Grapples With the Old Question: Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?

    By Reed Farrel Coleman | September 19, 2019

    Strangers She Knows

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 19, 2019

    A Brief History of Monstrous Mothers in Literature

    A Brief History of Monstrous Mothers in Literature

    "No other figure has been so eulogized, glorified, sanctified even. And yet...and yet."

    By Evelyn Toynton | September 18, 2019

    Discovering a Lost Classic of 1970s Crime Fiction

    Discovering a Lost Classic of 1970s Crime Fiction

    Ralph Dennis was one of the best, and most neglected crime writers of the decade—and he's due for a revival.

    By Lee Goldberg | September 18, 2019

    Craig Johnson on the Enduring Popularity of <em>Longmire</em> and Its Deeply Human Characters

    Craig Johnson on the Enduring Popularity of Longmire and Its Deeply Human Characters

    Three years after the series wrap, Johnson is still crafting complex worlds for Walt Longmire—and readers are still connecting.

    By Scott Montgomery | September 18, 2019

    Death in Focus

    Death in Focus

    Anne Perry

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 18, 2019

    The Golden Age Detective Fiction Renaissance

    The Golden Age Detective Fiction Renaissance

    How Agatha Christie and her Golden Age cohorts came back into fashion, and why that's reviving the traditional mystery.

    By Martin Edwards | September 17, 2019

    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of <em>Vice Squad</em>

    Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of Vice Squad

    Celebrating a lost 1980s neo-noir classic

    By Zach Vasquez | September 17, 2019

    September's Best Action Thrillers

    September's Best Action Thrillers

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