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Don Winslow's Return to California Noir
The author discusses socially-engaged crime fiction, surf stories, breakfast burritos, and returning to life on the coast.
By
Dwyer Murphy
| April 7, 2020
Honestly, Writing a Recurring Character is a Lot Like Having an Imaginary Friend
You don't have to stop inventing wonderful individuals just because you're an adult.
By
Sulari Gentill
| April 7, 2020
Ishmael Reed’s Hoodoo Detective
The 1972 cult crime novel that explores Black identity, African religion, civilizations at war, and all of recorded history.
By
Scott Adlerberg
| April 6, 2020
Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow
The evolution of a career in crime fiction, from surf noir to borderland epics.
By
Bruce Riordan
| April 3, 2020
My First Thriller: Lee Child
How the creator of Jack Reacher got fired, started writing, found a pen name, found an agent, and launched a new career.
By
Rick Pullen
| April 2, 2020
The Dark, Strange Noirs of Pascal Garnier
Exploring the disorienting, unsettling novels of a French master.
By
Brian Greene
| March 27, 2020
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
A Sense of Dread Is the Key to Dark Fiction—These Five Women Authors Have Mastered It
By
Rachel Harrison
| March 24, 2020
Why Journalists Have Such a Hard Time Writing About Themselves
By
Christi Daugherty
| March 23, 2020
Red Herrings in Contemporary Crime Literature
By
Karen Dietrich
| March 20, 2020
Graphic Content: At the Intersection of Comics and Crime With Howard Chaykin
Alex Segura profiles legendary comic book creators
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Alex Segura
| March 19, 2020
Harlan Coben Believes
Planet of the Apes
Is the Best Twist Ending in History
And other thoughts from the bestselling author.
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CrimeReads
| March 19, 2020
How to Write Perfect Twist Endings (That Will Shock and Delight Even Jaded Suspense Readers)
Author Stephanie Wrobel breaks down the 9 type of twist endings and the books that executed them best.
By
Stephanie Wrobel
| March 18, 2020
Why Robert Stone Went to Saigon—And Came Back With
Dog Soldiers
The dark journey of a classic novel of moral outrage.
By
Madison Smartt Bell
| March 17, 2020
In the Emergency Room, Doctors Need Detective Skills—And Empathy
Why Chris Bohjalian went looking for inspiration in the ER
By
Chris Bohjalian
| March 17, 2020
On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry
In writing a crime novel, I took inspiration from my activist forbears and their epic confrontations with the robber barons of timber.
By
melissaannpeterson2
| March 16, 2020
The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles
34 novels every lover of LA Noir should read as soon as humanly possible.
By
Katie Orphan
| March 11, 2020
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