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The Women of Canadian Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion
Canada is experiencing a boom in crime fiction. We assembled some of the leading lights for a wide-ranging conversation.
August 20, 2020
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10 California Crime Novels That Aren't Set in Los Angeles or San Francisco
Exploring the "Other" California Crime Fiction
August 18, 2020
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The Crime Fiction of New Zealand
A new generation of New Zealand authors is continuing a tradition of mystery.
August 17, 2020
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Seven Thrillers About Filmmakers and Subversive Art
A new trend features feminist filmmakers and behind-the-scenes players subverting genres long tarnished by misogyny.
August 14, 2020
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5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This August
Complex friendships, toxic relationships, and murder next door.
August 13, 2020
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Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 2
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
August 10, 2020
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Small Town Mysteries From the US, Canada and Australia
Across the globe, small towns are full of secrets, and novelists have taken notice.
August 6, 2020
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The 35 Most Iconic Caper Movies, Ranked
They're like heist movies but more charming, and also sometimes goofy, and occasionally confusing, but in a sexy way.
August 5, 2020
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The Joys of Mystery Fiction's Most Enduring Tropes
Abandoned islands, manor houses, and retired military men. They all serve a purpose in classic detective fiction.
August 4, 2020
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Dublin: A City of Books, and a City With a Serious Crime Fiction Tradition
Few cities in the world can equal Dublin's investment in books and literature. That goes for its crime fiction, too.
August 3, 2020
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10 Novels You Should Read This August
The month's best new crime novels, mysteries, and thriller.
July 31, 2020
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The Power—and the Responsibility—of True Crime Writing
"From childhood, we are hardwired to be fascinated by danger, and by the dark potential of other humans."
July 30, 2020
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The 50 Most Iconic Heist Movies, Ranked
It's time for one last job—and that job is deciding which heist movie is the greatest of all-time.
July 29, 2020
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True Crime Has Been Having a Moment for Three Centuries. But the New Era Is Different.
Sarah Weinman takes stock of true crime, post-Serial.
July 28, 2020
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
July 27, 2020
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All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?
Fifty years later, Donald Westlake's passion for the logistics of crime captures our imaginations.
July 24, 2020
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5 Debut Novels You Should Read This July
The best new debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers.
July 23, 2020
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The Binge-Read: 10 Iconic Crime Fiction Series of the 1970s
Time to read your way through the modern history of crime novels.
July 22, 2020
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How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature
A Trip to the Mountains and a Story of Survival
July 21, 2020
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Lagos: Africa's Capital of Noir
Crime and the City visits the sprawling, dynamic center of Nigeria's booming literary scene.
July 20, 2020
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July's Best Crime Nonfiction
11 new works of true crime to fill the dog days of summer, including memoirs, histories, and reportage.
July 17, 2020
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Bad Fathers, and the Readers Who Love Them
Lousy dads leave a trail of emotional scars and unhappy relations. In thrillers, there also tends to be a body count.
July 16, 2020
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The Deadly High-Speed Chase That Launched Miami into the 1980s
In 1979, a shoot-out on a crowded Miami street was a prelude to a new era of growth, drugs, wealth, and crime.
July 15, 2020
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5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This July
Grifters, Frenemies, and French Chateaux
July 14, 2020
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Finally, A New Children's Book About Agatha Christie
An exciting find in a children's book landscape that rarely celebrates the heroines of genre fiction.
July 10, 2020
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Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!
Yes, the historic architecture is appealing and the price is right, but the blood oozing out of the wall is a deal breaker...
July 9, 2020
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On the Endless Symbolism of Jaws, Which Owes Its Dark Soul to Moby Dick
Olivia Rutigliano discusses punishment, redemption, and fate in her favorite movie of all time.
July 2, 2020
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P. D. James: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics
She refined the crime novel to its dark, poetic core and created a roster of iconic detectives along the way.
July 2, 2020
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12 Novels You Should Read in July
Reading the month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.
July 1, 2020
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The 12 Greatest, Strangest, Most Transfixing Dance Scenes in the History of Crime Movies
Because people may cheat, steal, and kill, but their hips don't lie.
June 26, 2020
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The Best Books of 2020 (So Far)
A look at the year's best crime novels, mysteries and thrillers, with the full understanding that it's only June, barely past the solstice.
June 24, 2020
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The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020: Summer Reading Edition
80+ crime novels, mysteries, thrillers, and true crime books for the long summer days and nights ahead.
May 20, 2020
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