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crimereads.com /2 weeks ago

Catherine Adel West on Black Girlhood, Erasure, and Learning to Fight in Literature and Life

I was nine years old when I learned how to throw my first punch. A jab. Mom taught me and my little brother in the backyard of our house on the South Side of Chicago. It was July 1...

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kirkusreviews.com /1 month ago

TROUBLEMAN

Toussaint Batiste doesn’t care much for being addressed by his nickname, “Troubleman,” or “Trouble” for short. But having just finished a stretch in prison for involuntary manslaug...

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electricliterature.com /1 month ago

10 Books About African Americans Reclaiming the South

Between 1910 to 1970, millions of African Americans left the South in search of greater opportunities for freedom, rights, and economic mobility. Due to sheer scale, this human mov...

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crimespreemag.com /6 days ago

The 50 States of Crime Series–The Case of the Missing Blackfeet Women (Montana)

n the latest entry in the 50 States of Crime series, a collection of short books about prominent mysteries in each U.S State (plus the District of Columbia), Anaïs Renevier visits...

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bookriot.com /2 weeks ago

Eccentric Investigators: Unlikely Detectives in Asian American and Asian Cozy Mysteries

These Asian and Asian American cozy mysteries feature all kinds of unlikely detectives, from a disgraced stage magician to high school teacher.

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crimefictionlover.com /2 weeks ago

Crime Scenes by Joseph S Walker

We don’t often review short story collections here at Crime Fiction Lover, but this collection of 20 by award-winning American story writer and president of the Short Mystery Ficti...

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crimespreemag.com /1 month ago

FRIDAYREADS & CRIMESPREE GIVEAWAY: Crime Scenes by Joseph S. Walker

David Dean has called Joseph S. Walker "arguably the best short crime fiction writer on the scene today," and in Crime Scenes, the first collection of his stories, you'll find ampl...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Andrea Hairston on Crossing Genres, Science Fiction, and Taking Romance Seriously

When I describe my recent novel, The Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays, as a SFF mystery romance, people frequently ask, “Wasn’t it difficult writing a murder mystery?” Yes, i...

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killzoneblog.com /1 month ago

The Crime Fiction Evolution

By PJ Parrish As many of you regulars know, I have retired from fulltime novel writing. Still keeping my toes in the short fiction waters but the demands of turning out a novel per...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

My Name Is a Crime Scene | Black Edward | Creative Non-Fiction

The first time someone laughs at your name, you realise that a name isn’t just a quiet thing. It enters the room ahead of you with a certain presence. It shakes hands on your be...

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bookriot.com /1 week ago

A Thrilling Sci-Fi and Mystery Mash-up

Give us more whodunnits in space like Yume Kitasei's inclusive and thrilling exploration of biracial identity, THE DEEP SKY.

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thebigthrill.org /1 month ago

Sleight of Crime

What Magicians Taught Me About Murder

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crimereads.com /4 weeks ago

(A.C.A.G.) All Cops Are Grotesque: Writing the Southern Gothic Police Officer

Following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Black Lives Matter protests spread across the United States. Among multi-vocal chants...

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

Some of the Best New True Crime Books

There’s a very popular crime novelist's memoir, a sociologist’s look at the injustice system, and a dissection of an '80s subway shooting.

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eurweb.com /1 week ago

Soaring Murders on L.A.’s Skid Row a New Threat to Blacks

*There’s yet another deadly threat to Blacks. This time it’s the Blacks who make up a disproportionate number of those on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, which is arguably the largest in th...

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crimefictionlover.com /2 weeks ago

Collateral Death by J Kushley

Crime fiction is a genre built on familiar tropes: the suspicious death, the damaged investigator, the institution that prefers easy answers over difficult truths. What makes a mys...

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blackamericaweb.com /1 month ago

From Coltrane's Criminal Masterminding To Murder Mysteries, 'The Black Watch' Breaks Down 'Nemesis' & 'DTF St. Louis...

Netflix's Nemesis and HBO Max's DTF St. Louis spark debate among entertainment experts on acting, storytelling, and character depth. The post From Coltrane’s Criminal Masterminding...

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crimespreemag.com /2 weeks ago

FRIDAYREADS & CRIMESPREE GIVEAWAY: Exit Wound by Isabella Maldonado

Detective Veranda Cruz’s ultimate showdown with the patriarch of a notorious crime family tests her loyalty, courage, and identity in a riveting thriller

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crimefictionlover.com /4 weeks ago

The Long Isle by Andrew Raymond

Scottish authors have ploughed a rich crime fiction furrow over the years, with the likes of William McIlvanney, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin and Chris Brookmyre taking up the Tartan n...

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kirkusreviews.com /1 week ago

WINCE

Winston “Wince” Fisher Jr. is in a rut. After his daughter was born, Wince tried to leave his high-octane life of crime behind for a safe career in wealth management, but then his...

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jonesborosun.com /1 month ago

Local author writes Southern noir-inspired novella

JONESBORO — From Arkansas prison history to Southern cultural identity, much of Van Hawkins’ writing has centered on the forces that shape life in the South. His newest project, “H...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Crime and the City: Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio, the most populous city on Lake Erie and the second-most populous city in the state (after Columbus) with over two million residents in the Greater Cleveland area....

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crimefictionlover.com /6 days ago

On the Radar: Summer holiday crime fiction

Is this the summer of the destination thriller? Maybe. Maybe not. Some of the spots you’ll visit literarily in this week’s new books report are a lot more desirable than others. Bl...

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crimefictionlover.com /3 weeks ago

The Devil is Waiting by Gregory W Beaubien

If you’re a devotee of noir fiction, you’ll definitely find it in Gregory W Beaubien’s new crime thriller, The Devil is Waiting. Set in Chicago mainly in the 1970s and 1990s, his s...

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