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The Backlist
At The Backlist on CrimeReads, Polly Stewart talks to today's best authors of crime fiction about the books they wish they'd written.
Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'
Rebecca Makkai on 'The Murderess' and Reading in Translation
William Boyle on Discovering Donna Masini and a Great 'Italian-American-Recovering-Catholic-from-Brooklyn' Novel
Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'
Joe R. Lansdale on a Forgotten Classic of Southern Noir
C.J. Tudor on the Wild, Inventive Noirs of Michael Marshall Smith
Kellye Garrett on the Legacy of Valerie Wilson Wesley
Jonathan Kellerman on Returning to Margaret Millar and Ross Macdonald
Naomi Hirahara and Polly Stewart Read Chester Himes' Noir Classic
Megan Miranda and Polly Stewart Revisit a Literary Thriller
Alex Finlay and Polly Stewart Revisit 'I Am Pilgrim,' by Terry Hayes
Revisiting Steve Hamilton’s 'The Lock Artist' with Elle Cosimano
Revisiting Vicki Hendricks' 'Miami Purity' with Alex Segura
Revisiting Chris Pavone's 'The Expats' with Danielle Trussoni
Revisiting Dorothy Sayers’ “The Man Who Knew How” with Liv Constantine
Revisiting Ethel Lina White's 'The Lady Vanishes' with Andrea Bartz
Revisiting Ruth Rendell's 'Kissing the Gunner's Daughter' with Kate White
Revisiting Tim O'Brien's 'In the Lake of the Woods' with Angie Kim
Revisiting Larry Brown's 'Father and Son' with Ace Atkins
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