• Craft

    Noir Tropes Are Alive and Well—And Powerful as Ever

    How Today's Writers Explore and Complicate the Noir Classics

    June 19, 2019  By Kelsey Rae Dimberg
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    Nicholas Mancusi on Philosophy, Car Chases, and Rehearsing for Disaster

    Crafting a Thriller About Clashing Belief Systems and Absurdities

    June 19, 2019  By Michael Seidlinger
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    Accidental Adventures in Private Investigation

    When you go to work for a private investigator on a whim, are you part of a surveillance team, or are you a stalker?

    June 18, 2019  By Daniela Petrova
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    A Discussion on Women
    in Crime Fiction

    Crime authors discuss the evolving role of women in crime fiction, and why women readers come to these books again and again.

    June 17, 2019  By Gilly Macmillan
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    Pistol Shots Ring Out in the Barroom Night: Bob Dylan, Hardboiled Crime Writer

    Reconsidering Dylan as a noir poet and true crime balladeer

    June 13, 2019  By Zach Vasquez
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    James Ellroy Walks into a Steakhouse and Orders Clams

    A literary icon with his own way of doing things answers every question you never knew you wanted him asked—until now.

    June 11, 2019  By Adrian McKinty
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    Mick Herron on the Art of the Misfit Spy Thriller

    Talking Dark Humor, Voracious Reading and Castoff Spies

    June 10, 2019  By Daneet Steffens
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    Learning to Love the Unreliable Narrator

    Reliable narrators are a myth—it's time we do away with them.

    June 7, 2019  By Jean Kwok
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    Agatha Christie and the Case of the Unwieldy Adaptation

    Christie knew when to stop writing a detective novel. Today's flashy adaptations over-embellish the source material.

    June 6, 2019  By Radha Vatsal
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    Psychological Thrillers Demand Complex Villains

    On Finding Ambiguity in Characters and Figures We Disdain

    June 5, 2019  By Nathan Ripley
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