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    The Incredible, True Story of How the Government Turned Sammy Gravano, Gambino Family Underboss, Into a Cooperating Witness

    The Incredible, True Story of How the Government Turned Sammy Gravano, Gambino Family Underboss, Into a Cooperating Witness

    John Gleeson was a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn getting ready to put John Gotti back on trial, when he got a phone call that would change everything about the case.

    By John Gleeson | May 3, 2022

    Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

    Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

    When the writing gets personal...

    By Alma Katsu | April 27, 2022

    Don Winslow on New England Roots, Greek Poetry, and Clams in Broth

    Don Winslow on New England Roots, Greek Poetry, and Clams in Broth

    With City on Fire, the author returns home and finds a new epic.

    By Dwyer Murphy | April 26, 2022

    On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow

    On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow

    Doctorow is known for his rich, often gritty historical fiction, but he interweaves tropes from noir and hardboiled fiction to create a rich, American subgenre all his own.

    By Jesse Pasternack | April 22, 2022

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books to Read This Month

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books to Read This Month

    Reporters and spies, vanished inventors, and a powerful case against junk science in courtrooms.

    By CrimeReads | April 21, 2022

    Poison, Adultery, Scandal, and Murder: The Wild Lives of Journalists in 1890's San Francisco

    Poison, Adultery, Scandal, and Murder: The Wild Lives of Journalists in 1890's San Francisco

    Mark Arsenault on the scandals that would eventually unite two journalists in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.

    By Mark Arsenault | April 12, 2022

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    Encounters with the Supernatural in Antarctica: A Brief History

    Encounters with the Supernatural in Antarctica: A Brief History

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    10 Must-Read Alternate History Thrillers

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    Payback is Forever

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    How the Bounty Mutineers Found Their New Home on a Secret Pacific Island

    How the Bounty Mutineers Found Their New Home on a Secret Pacific Island

    Pitcairn was an anomaly – lost to British mapmakers. So that's where the fugitive mutineers set out to forge a new future.

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    The Murders in 1970s Montana That Finally Brought the FBI's Profiling Program Into the Field

    The Murders in 1970s Montana That Finally Brought the FBI's Profiling Program Into the Field

    They had interviewed dozens of killers. But their theories were untested in an active investigation.

    By Ron Franscell | March 2, 2022

    How One Writer's Research Shed New Light on the Century-Old

    How One Writer's Research Shed New Light on the Century-Old "Bloody Bender" Mystery

    Susan Jonusas explains how an intense archival investigation led to new insights on one of the American West's most notorious crimes.

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    Why Berlin Is the Mecca of Espionage Fiction: A Conversation with Joseph Kanon and Paul Vidich

    Why Berlin Is the Mecca of Espionage Fiction: A Conversation with Joseph Kanon and Paul Vidich

    Two great spy novelists turn to the profession's spiritual home.

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