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- Jean-Patrick Manchette, the man who revolutionized crime fiction and exposed the chaos and hypocrisies of postwar France. | The Paris Review
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- Glamorous nights on the town and exotic vacations with the New York City socialite-heiress who turned out to be a serial con artist. | Vanity Fair
- Joe R. Lansdale talks with Scott Montgomery about religion in the South, a divided nation, and the evolution of his crime fighting odd couple, Hap and Leonard. | CrimeReads
- “He affixed Post-It notes over his computer’s webcam so that the CIA couldn’t spy on him. He invested in gold. Most of all, he hatched plans to escape.” The wakeboarder and con artist who who wanted to disappear. | GQ
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- Michelle McNamara’s researcher, Paul Haynes, on the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, and how he thinks the Golden State Killer case was cracked. | Slate
- Can Grit Lit make the move from rural America to Britain? | CrimeReads
- Inside a movement of sheriffs who believe they are the last and final word on constitutionality. | The New Yorker
- Inside a legendary Sherlock Holmes extravaganza. | CrimeReads
- Diplomacy Noir: the international bureaucrat as sleuth, from Graham Greene to Javier Marías to Hilary Mantel.| CrimeReads
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- On Margaret Millar, the author “who more or less invented the mystery subgenre dubbed ‘psychological suspense,'” and the new omnibus edition of her works. | The Wall Street Journal
- The yoga class that became a cult led by women. | CrimeReads
- “For women writers, the genre is an apt tool for subversion against the crimes they are subjected to”: The women crime writers changing the landscape of Indian detective fiction. | The India Times
- A history of Mediterranean Noir, from Cain to Camus to Khadra. | CrimeReads
- The legendary judge who reformed California’s notorious prison system, and is now watching from the sidelines as the fight swings the other way. | The Marshall Project
- How a family memoir became a global true crime investigation. | CrimeReads
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