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    The King’s Justice

    Susan Elia MacNeal

    "At the bottom of a deep pit, Maggie listened through the earpiece as she pressed a probe against the side of an unexploded bomb."

    February 24, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

    But he found a clever way to avoid punishment.

    February 21, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Life and Work of C.W. Grafton: Crime Novelist, Lawyer, and Father to a Mystery Icon

    He's remembered now as the father of Sue Grafton. But for a brief period, he was one of crime fiction's most promising authors.

    February 21, 2020  By L. Wayne Hicks
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    These Famous Noirs and Mysteries Were Inspired by Real-Life Crimes

    Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, and other greats who found inspiration in real crimes.

    February 21, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Punk Rock Private Eye and the End of an Era in Downtown New York

    In 1979, as the music scene was under threat, one man captured its corruption in true noir fashion.

    February 21, 2020  By David Masciotra
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    Double Feature

    Donald E. Westlake

    "It’s amazing what you can do in an hour when your life depends on it."

    February 21, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Girl in the Mansion:
    How Gothic Romances Became Domestic Noirs

    Domestic suspense is the modern incarnation of the mid-century Gothic romance.

    February 20, 2020  By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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    Money Ain’t a Thang: 'Paid in Full' and the Culture That Rose out of New York's Crack Era

    In the 1980s, the city was ravaged by a new drug. But a new culture, born of the same streets, was on the rise, too.

    February 20, 2020  By Michael Gonzales
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    The Best Small Presses Publishing Crime Fiction Today

    A celebration of the indie presses keeping crime fiction weird.

    February 20, 2020  By Gabino Iglesias
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    Juries and Judgement in Hollywood Cinema

    Sometimes, the jury is part of the movie—and sometimes, the viewers are the jury.

    February 20, 2020  By Graham Moore
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