THIS WEEK: In 1952, the National Security Agency (NSA) was founded, taking responsibility for communications intelligence.
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- Has someone been stealing your deliveries? Lauren Smiley has a cautionary tale for those who aim to catch thieves in the act. | The Atlantic
- Brian Phillips on the glut of brooding international crime series—and what sad TV detectives teach us about ourselves. | The Ringer
- “What is there to learn from a serial killer who, like almost all notorious serial killers, is white, male, and wholly mediocre?” Caroline Reilly dissects our Ted Bundy obsessions. | Bitch Magazine
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Tobias Carroll interviews Daphne Durham of MCD Books about editing a new wave of horror fiction. | Vol. 1 Brooklyn
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Spy novelists Joseph Kanon and Paul Vidich sit down to discuss fiction, turning points in history, and how we inherited our world from The Third Man. | CrimeReads
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“It’s all there, in a way that it just isn’t when you think of a normal sized house.” Lisa Jewell looks at the literature of big houses with even bigger secrets. | CrimeReads
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Noah Hawley and Billy Bob Thornton, the creator and star of Fargo‘s first season, discuss adapting the Coen brothers and creating a modern classic of noir. | CrimeReads
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The 2019 Anthony Award winners are announced at Bouchercon, the annual world mystery convention. Congratulations to all the night’s winners and nominees. | CrimeReads
- Crime and the City’s Paul French zeroes in on Havana, Cuba, home to detective Mario Conde and a bustling world capital of noir. | CrimeReads
- Hank Phillippi Ryan on how the salacious double murder of a minister and a choir member in 1922 inspired one of the earliest legal thrillers, The Bellamy Trial. | CrimeReads
- Michael Seidlinger counts down eight of the most genuinely terrifying novels you will ever read (assuming you dare read them, which we hope you will). | CrimeReads
- Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga take us inside the world of penny dreadfuls, a sensational, sensationalistic Victorian literary phenomenon. | CrimeReads
- “Casting Sherlock and Watson as women injects a fresh burst of energy and interest into the adventures of the Victorian crime-solving duo.” Radha Vatsal on Japan’s gender-swapped Sherlock Holmes. | CrimeReads
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Kirstin Innes delivers an ode to Laura Lee, “escort, sex workers’ rights campaigner, single mother, law student, and ferocious, hilarious political powerhouse.” | CrimeReads
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A crisis in Canada, an Olympic bomber, and a thrilling tale of medicine: all the true crime books you need to read this November. | CrimeReads
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International man of mystery Paul French takes us on a global tour of true crime podcasts. | CrimeReads
- “I wanted to write a story that was grounded in urban grit and infused with cultural and family heart.” Tori Eldridge on action, heritage, and writing ninjas for the modern world. | CrimeReads
- “I wanted to write about a hero who showed the same courage as Atticus Finch.” Chad Zunker recommends six legal thrillers featuring heroes worth rooting for. | CrimeReads
- After 26 years, Nicholas Meyer returns to the world of Sherlock pastiche. Adam Langer interviews the legendary author and director about his new and timely mystery. | CrimeReads
