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    20 Essential Films That Blur the Line Between Horror and Noir

    20 Essential Films That Blur the Line Between Horror and Noir

    Exploring the cinema of darkness, light, and terrifying shadows.

    By Zach Vasquez | October 29, 2019

    5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

    5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

    Learning to write suspense, one scary movie at a time.

    By Lisa Black | October 29, 2019

    7 Crime Tropes We Really Could Do Without

    7 Crime Tropes We Really Could Do Without

    It's time for a genre full of cliches to clean up its act.

    By Abigail Tarttelin | October 28, 2019

    How to Write Crime Fiction Set in the Near Future

    How to Write Crime Fiction Set in the Near Future

    "It isn’t so much about what’s possible, but what’s plausible."

    By Steven James | October 28, 2019

    We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

    We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

    Steph Cha looks at the divides of the crime writing community.

    By Steph Cha | October 25, 2019

    Attica Locke:

    Attica Locke: "My unconscious is a better writer than I am."

    The Texas crime author on the legacy of history, the resurgence of prejudice, and the meaning of forgiveness.

    By Molly Odintz | October 25, 2019

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    Now Streaming in Crime: October

    By Camille LeBlanc | October 25, 2019

    Jane Toppan: Nurse, Caregiver, Serial Killer

    By Tori Telfer | October 24, 2019

    The Art of Writing About Organized Crime, and The Rise and Fall of the New York Mafia

    By Nancy Bilyeau | October 24, 2019

    The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, <em>Savage Holiday</em>

    The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday

    In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.

    By Michael Gonzales | October 23, 2019

    The Monsters Among Us Are the Most Terrifying Of All

    The Monsters Among Us Are the Most Terrifying Of All

    6 classic thrillers that explore the most human of monsters.

    By Steven L. Kent and Nicholas Kaufmann | October 22, 2019

    Berlin: A City of Crime Fiction

    Berlin: A City of Crime Fiction

    From historical novels to modern noirs, Berlin is a city of mystery.

    By Paul French | October 21, 2019

    Stieg Larsson's Unfinished True Crime Investigation into an Assassination: Day 1

    Stieg Larsson's Unfinished True Crime Investigation into an Assassination: Day 1

    For decades after the Swedish PM was assassinated, the future crime novelist waded through a web of conspiracies and extremists.

    By Jan Stocklassa | October 21, 2019

    <em>All the President's Men</em> Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

    All the President's Men Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

    Presidential scandals and the writing of a mystery classic

    By Noah Berlatsky | October 21, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #37

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #37

    Blade Runner (1982)

    By Otto Penzler | October 19, 2019

    The Life and Times of Charles Willeford—Miami's Weird, Wonderful Master of Noir

    The Life and Times of Charles Willeford—Miami's Weird, Wonderful Master of Noir

    For years he searched for a subject worthy of his talents. Then he found Miami and the '80s. Crime fiction would never be the same.

    By Craig Pittman | October 18, 2019

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