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How Film Noir Will Forever Change Your Worldview

How Film Noir Will Forever Change Your Worldview

Decades later, Loren D. Estleman is still under the spell of that essential art form: the film noir.

By Loren D. Estleman | July 28, 2020

It's Time for More Period Dramas to Embrace the Diversity of People of Color

It's Time for More Period Dramas to Embrace the Diversity of People of Color

Un-Whitewashing the Past

By Radha Vatsal | July 27, 2020

The Real Life Crimes Behind Ida Lupino's <em>The Hitch-Hiker</em>

The Real Life Crimes Behind Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker

This 1953 classic noir, the first to be directed by a woman, was based on the chilling exploits of a cheerful sociopath.

By Harold Schechter | July 27, 2020

All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?

All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?

Fifty years later, Donald Westlake's passion for the logistics of crime captures our imaginations.

By Nick Kolakowski | July 24, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 4

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 4

The Godfather (1972)

By Otto Penzler | July 24, 2020

On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit</em>

On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Robert Zemeckis's visually stunning wild ride through cartoons is also a breakneck excoriation of disenfranchisement.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 23, 2020

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5 Debut Novels You Should Read This July

By CrimeReads | July 23, 2020

What We Relate To When We Relate to Books

By Josh Malerman | July 23, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 5

By Otto Penzler | July 23, 2020

The Binge-Read: 10 Iconic Crime Fiction Series of the 1970s

The Binge-Read: 10 Iconic Crime Fiction Series of the 1970s

Time to read your way through the modern history of crime novels.

By CrimeReads | July 22, 2020

The Evolution of Dennis Lehane

The Evolution of Dennis Lehane

How the acclaimed author's work has transformed through the decades, bringing readers some of the era's most powerful noirs.

By Keith Roysdon | July 22, 2020

How To Write Realistically About Politics and Current Events When the Real World Can Be Stranger Than Fiction

How To Write Realistically About Politics and Current Events When the Real World Can Be Stranger Than Fiction

Tips from a political thriller writer on how to keep your writing relevant in a constantly changing world.

By Eric Van Lustbader | July 22, 2020

Pain Is Universal—That's What Binds All of Crime Fiction Together

Pain Is Universal—That's What Binds All of Crime Fiction Together

From traditional mysteries to hardboiled noirs to psychological thrillers, there's a thread of pain through the books we love.

By S. A. Cosby | July 21, 2020

How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

A Trip to the Mountains and a Story of Survival

By Jen Waite | July 21, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 6

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 6

Laura (1944)

By Otto Penzler | July 21, 2020

July's Best Crime Nonfiction

July's Best Crime Nonfiction

11 new works of true crime to fill the dog days of summer, including memoirs, histories, and reportage.

By CrimeReads | July 17, 2020

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