• Craft

    This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

    A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

    January 4, 2021  By Dwyer Murphy
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    Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

    Every suit, every dress tells a story.

    December 29, 2020  By Tara Moss
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    How John Le Carré Reinvented the Spy Novel

    Novelist Paul Vidich reflects on the life and legacy of a literary giant.

    December 24, 2020  By Paul Vidich
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    Walter Mosley on Devil in a Blue Dress, Thirty Years Later

    "He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

    December 17, 2020  By Walter Mosley
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    Reacher, Prospero, and Child

    The links connecting two writers—William Shakespeare and Lee Child—run deeper than you might think.

    December 16, 2020  By Heather Martin
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    Graphic Content: Into the Crime-Riddled 1980's Los Angeles of Ethan Reckless

    Ed Brubaker on private eyes, pulp thrillers, and his latest collaboration with Sean Phillips, Reckless

    December 16, 2020  By Alex Segura
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    The Lost Art of the "Cast of Characters" Lists That Opened Midcentury Mystery Novels

    Wordplay, witty insults, and the occasionally lurid remark rounded out a popular feature of paperback crime novels.

    December 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    Thirty Years Later, Is Goodfellas The Greatest Mob Movie Ever Made?

    A demented, predatory nihilism runs through Martin Scorsese's 1990 mob classic, and audiences are still cheering for it. Why?

    December 11, 2020  By Andy McCarthy
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    The Politically Engaged, Wildly Entertaining Novels of Paco Ignacio Taibo II

    He's one of the world's most popular crime writers. And his critiques of systemic corruption are as incisive as ever.

    December 11, 2020  By Gabino Iglesias
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    In Praise of Second Chances

    On learning, late in life, to give things a second look (and take people as they are).

    December 8, 2020  By Jane Cleland
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