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    Six Novels to Immerse Yourself in the Vibes of the Past

    From historical fiction to contemporary noir, books that capture the essence of history.

    June 7, 2021  By Nekesa Afia
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    The Unjustly Forgotten Crime Novels of John Sanford, Midcentury America's Radical Jewish Conscience

    He was a lawyer, a novelist, a committed Communist, a progenitor of rural noir, and a blacklisted screenwriter. Through it all, John Sanford kept on reinventing himself.

    June 5, 2021  By Jack Mearns
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    The Most Daring POW Escape in History Began with the Construction of a Ouija Board

    In Margalit Fox's new book, she tells the story of Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, who used spiritualism to cast a spell over their captors.

    June 4, 2021  By Margalit Fox
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    The Art of Balancing Multiple Mystery Series

    J.A. Jance moves from one long-running series to another, and it turns out the characters sometimes have minds of their own.

    June 4, 2021  By J.A. Jance
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    What Do Mystery Writers and Therapists Have in Common?

    Therapists, like detectives, piece together clues and information in order to solve the mystery: that of a client's own dilemmas.

    June 4, 2021  By Philippa East
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    Why Yarn Lovers Are Good Mystery Solvers

    "Knitting and reading simply go together."

    June 4, 2021  By Allie Pleiter
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    City on the Edge

    David Swinson

    "It was painstaking work, creating that fort out of a large thicket at the bottom of the hill."

    June 4, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Whatever Happened to Elise De Viane? On The Mystery Woman in Dashiell Hammett’s 1931 Sexual Assault Case

    90 years later, few know the story of Hammett's friend-turned-victim, who won a substantial settlement against the author after a violent sexual assault.

    June 3, 2021  By Curtis Evans
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    The Literature of the Con: Great Books About Grifters and Swindlers

    Rahul Raina celebrates the classics of hustler noir.

    June 3, 2021  By Rahul Raina
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    A Translator Considers the Joys of Crime Fiction

    On the intense excitement of translating a mystery, line by line.

    June 3, 2021  By Michael Meigs
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