THIS WEEK: In 1860, Lizzie Borden was born in Fall River, Massachusetts.
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- Authors Alice Bolin and Laura Lippman discuss feminist crime writing, the Dead Girl in pop culture, and why they both hated True Detective. | Goodreads
- Connie Walker, the reporter who’s using true crime to examine the real history of indigenous communities in Canada. | Columbia Journalism Review
- A day in the life of Akashic Books, an independent press publishing literary fiction, political nonfiction, and all the international noir you could ever need. | The Millions
- Owen Hill offers a few tips for how to write a hardboiled novel without succumbing to cliché or becoming a Chandler knockoff. | CrimeReads
- A lawsuit is brought against the hit podcast, S-Town, and raises questions about what happens when private figures are made very public. | Vox
- Seaside Mystery: Shannon Kirk on 10 gothic thrillers set on the edge of the majestic, foreboding sea. | CrimeReads
- ‘Surf 150 days in a row, then you can call yourself a beginner…’ Patrick Hasburgh on the alluring challenges of surf culture and the surf noir canon. | CrimeReads
- July’s 10 best debut crime novels, selected by the editors of CrimeReads. |CrimeReads
- The story of Ramon Sosa, the Houston boxing trainer who faked his own death in order to dodge the contract his wife had put on his life. | E:60
- “I’m really interested in insular subcultures, that’s my weird speciality.” Megan Abbott talks with Daneet Steffens about labs, labyrinths, and books you never want to leave.| CrimeReads
- 200 years of Australian crime fiction. From its bushranger and convict roots, Aussie crime fiction continues to tell complex stories about a unique place. | The Conversation
- Nathan Ripley (aka Naben Ruthnum) and Lisa Levy talk serial killer novels, small town noir, and the mystery of a good curry recipe. | CrimeReads
- Comic Book Noir: Fred Van Lente on 10 essential graphic novel mysteries, fromTorso to Tumor to The Fade Out. |CrimeReads
- “The crime novel brought with it the frisson of desire, ‘modern’ men who smoke and fight, women who wear Western clothes and practise karate chops.” On the 1970s heyday of Tamilcrime fiction. | The Indian Express
- An inside look at the world of The Big Sleep, and how Raymond Chandler reinvented himself, his writing style, and the crime novel. | CrimeReads
- Lori Roy on 8 great novels that straddle the line between Southern Gothic andCrime, while illuminating and exploring the legacies of the region. | Crimereads
- Dan Fesperman looks at some of the great safe houses of fiction, and asks what happens when that sanctum is compromised. | CrimeReads
- Owen Hill lays out a crime writer’s guide to writing about death and murder. | Signature
- “There’s this sense that kids aren’t quite like ‘us,’ but function on a slightly different plane with its own rules and emotions.” Zoje Stage on the scariest children in crime fiction. | CrimeReads
- Summer, New York City, 1967: Mike Scardino recalls his first day working on an ambulance and his first dead on arrival call. | CrimeReads
- On the 130th anniversary of Raymond Chandler’s book, we scour the world for the best covers of his classic books-and-blackmail noir, The Big Sleep. And then we rank them, naturally. | CrimeReads
- George T. Wilkerson, currently serving on death row in North Carolina, writes this essay explaining why it’s so difficult to avoid snitching in prison. | The Marshall Project
- Debut crime author and acclaimed crossword puzzle setter, James Brydon, designs a puzzle for lovers of crime and mystery. Can you solve it? | CrimeReads
- “Good crime fiction holds a mirror up to society and tells readers what’s going on in the world. You can’t do that effectively without understanding history.” Karin Slaughter’s insightful “By the Book.” | The New York Times
- Michael Scott Moore navigates the sprawl of Galkayo, Somalia, in search of the roots of modern-day piracy. |CrimeReads
- “Forty-five years into his career, the creator’s shape continues to shift.” Randall Colburn on why we’re now in the midst of a Stephen King renaissance. |The Outline
