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The Dirty Work: The On-Going Romance Between Sex Work and Crime Fiction

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From “A Scandal in Bohemia” to The Big Sleep, from the LA of James Ellroy to the Harlem of Chester Himes and far beyond, there has always been a close relationship, a complicity, perhaps even a romance between crime fiction and sex work in all its forms – from prostitution and concubinage to burlesque and pornography. Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder – ex-cop and ex-drunk, finds love with a high-class escort who opens an antique shop on the Uppe…
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The Dirty Work: The On-Going Romance Between Sex Work and Crime Fiction

From “A Scandal in Bohemia” to The Big Sleep, from the LA of James Ellroy to the Harlem of Chester Himes and far beyond, there has always been a close relationship, a complicity, perhaps even a romance between crime fiction and sex work in all its forms – from prostitution and concubinage to burlesque and pornography. Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder – ex-cop and ex-drunk, finds love with a high-class escort who opens an antique shop on the Uppe…

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CrimeReads broke the news in on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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