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CIS: The Cocktail Waitress

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Classics in September — The Cocktail Waitress by James M Cain — James Mallahan Cain was born in Maryland in 1892. After returning from WWI, where he wrote for an army magazine, he continued working as a journalist before focusing on novels and screenplays. His…
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CIS: The Grifters revisited

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Classics in September — Most people probably associate The Grifters with the 1990 film directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston and Annette Bening. But the script, penned by veteran crime writer Donald E Westlake, was adapted from a story by Jim…
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CIS: Sherlock Holmes and A Study in Scarlet

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Classics in September — Written in 1886, A Study in Scarlet was the first of four novels and 56 short stories by author Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes. It is said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr Joseph Bell, a renowned…
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CIS: Interview with Otto Penzler

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Classics in September — Surely there are few people on the planet who are more knowledgeable on the topic of crime fiction than Otto Penzler. The American author, editor and publisher won an Edgar Award back in 1977 for co-writing the Encyclopedia of Mystery and…
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Classics in September — If you love classic crime fiction like we do, you’re going to enjoy our latest competition, brought to you buy our sponsor Open Road Integrated Media in partnership with MysteriousPress.com. Yes! Here is your chance to win a free ebook of…
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CIS: Deadly Image revisited

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Classics in September -– George Harmon Coxe is largely forgotten now, though his career is emblematic of the development of American crime fiction. Coxe began writing crime fiction for pulp magazines in the Great Depression, one of a raft of writers churning out popular entertainment…
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CIS: Sweet Danger

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Classics in September — Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham – Originally published in 1933, Sweet Danger was the fifth book in the Campion series. Allingham first introduced us to her mysterious sleuth in a country house murder mystery entitled The Crime at Black Dudley, back…
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