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Journeys into the dark heart of noir, from Don Winslow, Kelly J. Ford, Gabino Iglesias, and more...
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On Booth and Tasker, the formerly incarcerated screenwriters who brought authenticity to early Hollywood crime cinema.
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Six Australian crime series to get you chasing clues down under.
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It began as an affair carried out during the London Blitz. It became one of the world's premiere collections of mystery fiction.
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"My new daily schedule was this: Wake up. Go to the office. Call the coroner to see if anyone had been murdered overnight..."
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Traditional mysteries used to be all about restoring the status quo. Now, they're just about good people, striving.
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"Noir demands that we consider the problem of the irredeemable...and bear witness to their humanity."
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On the scent of some of history's most refined criminals.
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Every suit, every dress tells a story.
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Exposing the hypocrisies and excesses of wealth and social division, one novel at a time
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"Incredibly, some of these murder plots are all but advertised in the newspaper before they occur."
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Five people were killed in a Los Angeles suburb on July 1st, 1981. An unforgettable film told the story.
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Hammett's classic screwball noir and the 1934 film adaptation might just convince noir fans to give cozies a chance.
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A 1965 novel about racial injustice and police brutality in the Deep South was hailed by critics and made into a major movie. The story would haunt its author until the bitter end.
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Before Geronimo became the Apaches' fabled war commander, he lost everything.
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Start the new year by reading:
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Michael Gonzales on a giant of American literature
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Once you eliminate the least compelling Sherlock Holmes performances, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the best.
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"...longtime Penny fans should rest assured that 'Three Pines' keeps Gamache’s core personality traits."
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A wet movie for a wet day
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Wonder what our most-read piece of 2022 was? 's deep dive into the forgotten, meat-centric 70s noir "Prime Cut":
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At , I chatted with Tariq Goddard about his new novel HIGH JOHN THE CONQUEROR and the influence of TRUE DETECTIVE.
RIYL: procedurals, weird mysteries, cult bands.
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This might be two years old, but it still stands...
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In the world of cozy mysteries, art and antiquities abound.
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"In writing as in life, we stumble on, piecing together whatever clues we manage to uncover."
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