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Two big names in Chicago crime fiction are hosting a meet-and-greet event this weekend. Tracy Clark, the author of the upcoming book “Echo” and David Ellis, the author of the recently released book ...

By Sarah Weinman Our crime columnist on four new novels. By Sarah Weinman Looking for some murder and mayhem (fictional, of course)? Here are the best crime novels of 2024 so far. By Sarah ...

I had just finished reading one of Dorothy Sayers’ novels – “Gaudy Night,” which in my opinion is one of the best of her ...

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Often referred to as “the black Raymond Chandler”, Chester Himes’s celebrated cycle of novels have a wit and a philosophy of ...