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A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment

A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment

Authors from a new anthology explore the crimes, injustices, and consequences of this existential crisis

By Curtis Ippolito | October 2, 2025

Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

Nick Kolakowski on the Settings, Shane-Black-isms, and Signature Leitmotifs of a Long Cinematic Career

By Nick Kolakowski | October 1, 2025

Let's Do the Crime Warp: Keith Roysdon Makes The Case for Keeping Settings Vintage in Contemporary Productions

Let's Do the Crime Warp: Keith Roysdon Makes The Case for Keeping Settings Vintage in Contemporary Productions

"[C]rime stories produced in contemporary times but set in the past are just as enticing and have the additional benefit of hindsight."

By Keith Roysdon | October 1, 2025

The Backlist: Reading Kate Elizabeth Russell's

The Backlist: Reading Kate Elizabeth Russell's "My Dark Vanessa" with Attica Locke

Locke and Polly Stewart revisit Russell's powerhouse debut in the wake of #metoo and renewed misogyny

By Polly Stewart | October 1, 2025

Twenty Years of <em>Capote</em>

Twenty Years of Capote

Julia Sirmons looks back on Bennett Miller's classic film

By Julia Sirmons | September 30, 2025

Horror Film Franchises That Refuse To Die

Horror Film Franchises That Refuse To Die

Michael Wehunt on the hits that keep on coming

By Michael Wehunt | September 30, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

On Writing Contemporary Mysteries vs. Historical Ones

By Sherry Thomas | September 30, 2025

Crime and the City: Capri

By Paul French | September 29, 2025

The Healing Power of Feminist Revenge Stories

By Charlene Wang | September 29, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 29, 2025

Heist or Caper: Where Do You Stand?

Heist or Caper: Where Do You Stand?

Fran Wilde asks crime authors to weigh in on the eternal debate

By Fran Wilde | September 29, 2025

Raymond Chandler's Unseen Story Has Been Published At Last

Raymond Chandler's Unseen Story Has Been Published At Last

And here's how you can read it!

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 26, 2025

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Considers the Strange Perambulations of Writing Inspiration

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Considers the Strange Perambulations of Writing Inspiration

On approaching the truth obliquely and paying attention to resonance across experiences

By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett | September 26, 2025

The Forgotten History<br> of the Fascist Plot <br>Against Hollywood

The Forgotten History
of the Fascist Plot
Against Hollywood

Paul Levine dives deep on the unlikely pairing that helped keep Hitler's sympathizers from taking over the film biz

By Paul Levine | September 26, 2025

Five Films About Left-Wing Militants Achieving Their Goals

Five Films About Left-Wing Militants Achieving Their Goals

Kit Burgoyne On Revolutionaries in Cinema, And Our Modern Era of Censorship

By Kit Burgoyne | September 26, 2025

Elmore Leonard and Robert B. Parker's Crime TV Legacies

Elmore Leonard and Robert B. Parker's Crime TV Legacies

Keith Roysdon looks at the contributions Leonard and Parker made beyond their vast crime novel canons

By Keith Roysdon | September 25, 2025

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