THIS WEEK: In 1980, John D. MacDonald was presented with the first and only National Book Award for hardcover mystery (book: The Green Ripper).
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A new biography of Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford circle examines the author’s legacy and shows how she paved the way for today’s psychologically nuanced detective fiction. | The New Yorker
- “You don’t read a book by James Lee Burke. You experience it.” Angie Barry revisits the 1998 Edgar-winner for Best Novel, James Lee Burke’s Cimarron Rose. | Criminal Element
- “I think the cracks have become chasms.” Author Rene Denfeld on crime fiction, her work as a private investigator, and how Portland is failing its homless children. | Willamette Week
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You can now attend luxurious and fully immersive 1920s-themed murder mystery parties on the restored Orient Express (that is, if you can afford it). | Forbes
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Brendan I. Koerner investigates the strange life and mysterious death of Jerrold Haas, a coder who was on the verge of a blockchain breakthrough. | Wired
- Nicola Upson compiles ten of her favorite novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. | The Guardian
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Istanbul Blues, Mumbai Mystery, and Hungarian Noir: CrimeReads rounds up the best of November’s international crime fiction. | CrimeReads
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“Crime fiction hits us where we’re most vulnerable.” Michael Seidlinger with ten novels about home invasion that will make you want to buy a deadbolt. | CrimeReads
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Amber Cowie on grief, writing, and what happens when your fictional tragedies materialize in real-life. | CrimeReads
- Gerd Morgen wanted out from East Germany—so he hatched an ingenious plan to stow away with a moose on its way to the West. J.W. Monhaupt has the incredible story. | CrimeReads
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“Her advice to writers is the same as her general advice in life: never, ever, ever, ever, give up.” Author Martha Grimes talks with CrimeReads editor, Molly Odintz. CrimeReads
- He was a boxer, a wanderer, and a Foreign Legion volunteer. And in 1917, Eugene Bullard went up against the dreaded Red Baron’s Flying Circus. From Phil Keith & Tom Clavin. | CrimeReads
- “The gangsters of the past are no more. The wise guys got too wise…” Sean Rea with six classics for those nostalgic for mafia tales. | CrimeReads
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In 2011, Michael Gonzales was shot three times on his doorstep in Brooklyn. Unexpectedly, the bullets traced back to a legendary hip-hop feud. | CrimeReads
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The tragic tale of Willoughby Sharp, dilettante Golden Age crime writer, and Claude Kendall, his golden boy publisher. Curtis Evans has the larger-than-life (and death) story. | CrimeReads
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Paul Tremblay talks with Max Booth III about crime fiction, narcolepsy, and why the world needs a YA novel about Charles Manson. | CrimeReads
- Japan, Russia, Brazil: Victorian-era historical fiction is so much more than London streets and British Empire. Will Thomas has the scoop. | CrimeReads
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Nick Kolakowski reconsiders the 20th century crime trope of the femme fatale as a force created by capitalistic patriarchy. | CrimeReads
- Debuts shouldn’t get all the fun—second novels are worth celebrating! Lisa Levy takes a closer look at crime novelists on the rise. | CrimeReads
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