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    The Girl Detective Disappears: On Searching for Nancy Drew, and Finding Myself

    Nancy Drew has always been a liminal figure, caught between girl and woman, masculine and feminine, traditional and modern...

    December 14, 2020  By Bethany Kaylor
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    The Best Crime Novels of 2020

    Celebrating the year's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    December 11, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Thirty Years Later, Is Goodfellas The Greatest Mob Movie Ever Made?

    A demented, predatory nihilism runs through Martin Scorsese's 1990 mob classic, and audiences are still cheering for it. Why?

    December 11, 2020  By Andy McCarthy
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    The Politically Engaged, Wildly Entertaining Novels of Paco Ignacio Taibo II

    He's one of the world's most popular crime writers. And his critiques of systemic corruption are as incisive as ever.

    December 11, 2020  By Gabino Iglesias
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    John le Carré and the Most Interesting Author Interview You Will Ever See

    In 1965, John le Carré was a breakout author with a semi-secretive past and some really complex thoughts about espionage.

    December 10, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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    The Good Thief: The Best Heist Movie You’ve (Probably) Never Seen

    It's the South of France and Nick Nolte is broke and hooked on heroin, but somehow this is the uplifting noir we need this year.

    December 10, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Long, Dark Legacy of William Hjortsberg's Supernatural Neo-Noirs

    Revisiting the 'Angel' novels and their occult obsessions

    December 9, 2020  By Andrew Nette
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    The Vigilantes of the Oppressed

    Move over, Batman: there's a new wave of justice-seekers in town.

    December 9, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    We Need More Dark Stories with Hopeful Endings

    "To endure page after page of never-ending pain and sorrow and to culminate in the same morass of tragedy would only be nihilism."

    December 9, 2020  By Les Edgerton
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    Snowdrift

    Helene Tursten

    "The strong wind had packed the snow into solid drifts, and at any moment a swirl of fine snow, known as 'snow smoke,' could hide the way ahead completely."

    December 9, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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