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    How Elizabeth Bowen's Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir

    Anglo-Irish aristocrat and author Elizabeth Bowen chronicled the death of her class through her sinister depictions of the "big house."

    June 22, 2021  By Sarah Stewart Taylor
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    June 21, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    A Murder in Tiger Bay: How Nadifa Mohamed's New Novel Revives a Decades-Old Tragedy

    In 1952, Mahmood Mattan was executed by the British government for a crime he didn't commit. Decades later, a new novel reimagines his world in the working-class docklands of Cardiff.

    June 21, 2021  By Paul French
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    Queer Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    Authors join together to discuss the state of queer identity and representation in today's crime fiction.

    June 21, 2021  By Lisa Levy
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    "Now Vee May Perhaps to Begin": On Art, Theft, and Inspiration

    Laura Lippman revisits Philip Roth's 'Zuckerman Unbound'

    June 18, 2021  By Laura Lippman
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    A List of Books That Are Not Quite Noir (But Also Not Not Noir)

    "[N]oir has rules, the same way irony does, and I really don’t know what they are...Instead I’ll say this is a list of voices with some darkness in them."

    June 18, 2021  By Paul Neilan
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    Father's Day Noir: Six Dark Novels and Stories About Fatherhood and Crime

    The sins of the father...

    June 18, 2021  By Zach Vasquez
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    The Best Books of the Year (So Far): Crime Fiction in 2021

    CrimeReads editors select their favorite thrillers, mysteries, and crime novels of the year.

    June 17, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Millennial Thrillers and the Power of Obsession

    In an increasingly untethered world, women in thrillers use obsession as a counter to their disconnect and ennui.

    June 17, 2021  By Melissa Larsen
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    On Cars, Characters, and Crime

    "Driving shapes identity. And in turn, it becomes a sign of our identity."

    June 17, 2021  By John McMahon
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