THIS WEEK: In 44 BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of pro-republic conspirators at the Roman senate, after famously ignoring a soothsayer’s warnings.
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- “What does it mean for a romance to take the shape of a murder investigation?” The dark arts of In a Lonely Place. | London Review of Books
- A titan of Australian crime fiction, Peter Temple, died this week, and authors the world over paid their respects. | The Guardian
- How London became a den of Russian spies. (And what the poisoning of one former agent means for the others.) | The New York Times
- Did you ever wonder why TV detectives are always so sad? | Vulture
- In honor of his centennial, time to take a second look at the much-maligned Mickey Spillane. | Vox Pop
- From Truman Capote, to Ann Rule, to David Grann, a true crime syllabus. | Esquire
- Ranking professions most conducive to crime fighting. Featuring author, clergy, and lifeguard. | AV Club
- A new true crime magazine by and for women. | Vice
- 50 years of reading mysteries, with Patricia Abbott. | Criminal Element
- “That’s just, like, your opinion, man.” Confronting the critics who panned The Big Lebowski 20 years ago. | The Washington Post
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