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    The Devil’s Due

    Bonnie MacBird

    "The long thin wedge. I had heard Mycroft speak of it before. It was a metaphor, I suppose, for whatever he did at Whitehall."

    October 24, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday

    In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.

    October 23, 2019  By Michael Gonzales
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    Nancy Drew for Adults: Great Amateur Sleuth Series for Readers Over Twenty

    Keen intuition, loyal friends & a sometimes misplaced confidence.

    October 23, 2019  By Karen White
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    How to Write Fiction About Your Favorite Literary Icons

    Sherry Thomas and Bella Ellis discuss the craft of pastiche, the art of research, and the thrill of detection.

    October 23, 2019  By Sherry Thomas and Bella Ellis
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    Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: Glamorous Women in Crime Fiction

    Searching contemporary noirs for that one ineffable quality.

    October 22, 2019  By Erica Wright
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    The Evolution of the English Village Mystery, After the Golden Age

    Small towns, dogged detectives, and the occasional clergyman.

    October 22, 2019  By Deborah Crombie
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    The Monsters Among Us Are the Most Terrifying Of All

    6 classic thrillers that explore the most human of monsters.

    October 22, 2019  By Steven L. Kent and Nicholas Kaufmann
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    Berlin: A City of Crime Fiction

    From historical novels to modern noirs, Berlin is a city of mystery.

    October 21, 2019  By Paul French
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    Stieg Larsson's Unfinished True Crime Investigation into an Assassination: Day 1

    For decades after the Swedish PM was assassinated, the future crime novelist waded through a web of conspiracies and extremists.

    October 21, 2019  By Jan Stocklassa
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    All the President's Men Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

    Presidential scandals and the writing of a mystery classic

    October 21, 2019  By Noah Berlatsky
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