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How Patricia Highsmith, Shirley Jackson, and Leigh Brackett Defined a Strand of Midcentury American Literature

How Patricia Highsmith, Shirley Jackson, and Leigh Brackett Defined a Strand of Midcentury American Literature

The three women, whose work is rarely read together, approached genre writing in ways that are still influencing writers today.

By Ashley Lawson | September 25, 2024

Dean Koontz: On Writing Novels That Make Your Publisher Extremely Uneasy

Dean Koontz: On Writing Novels That Make Your Publisher Extremely Uneasy

Why the best-selling author has always moved across genres.

By Dean Koontz | September 24, 2024

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 23, 2024

I Don't Know Why, but It's Time to Watch <em>A Fish Called Wanda</em>

I Don't Know Why, but It's Time to Watch A Fish Called Wanda

It is. It just is!

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 20, 2024

Spooky Sleuthing: 5 Noir and Detective Films That Feature the Supernatural

Spooky Sleuthing: 5 Noir and Detective Films That Feature the Supernatural

The solution may...defy reason.

By Nick Kolakowski | September 20, 2024

What does it mean to

What does it mean to "Visualize Detection?"

A transcript from Olivia Rutigliano's talk on detective fiction and visual culture at New York City's Salmagundi Club

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 19, 2024

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A Tale of Two Cities: Taking My Fictional Detective From Minneapolis to LA

By P.J. Tracy | September 19, 2024

The Backlist: Rebecca Makkai on 'The Murderess' and Reading in Translation

By Polly Stewart | September 18, 2024

Storm Warning: A Surprisingly Frank Noir Indictment of the Ku Klux Klan, Starring Ronald Reagan

By Keith Roysdon | September 18, 2024

Bringing Nicholas Meyer's <em>The Seven-Per-Cent Solution</em> to the Big Screen

Bringing Nicholas Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution to the Big Screen

Inside the most legendary adaptation process in Sherlockian history

By Steven T. Doyle | September 17, 2024

Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

Nightmare vehicles, frightening jewelry, and a dead man's suit

By Lamar Giles | September 17, 2024

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 16, 2024

The Funniest Things Dorothy L. Sayers Said About (and In) Detective Fiction

The Funniest Things Dorothy L. Sayers Said About (and In) Detective Fiction

One of the Queens of Crime was also comic royalty.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 13, 2024

Married to the Mob: When the Mafia Infiltrated and Shook Down Hollywood Unions

Married to the Mob: When the Mafia Infiltrated and Shook Down Hollywood Unions

"When the studios had actual problems with the unions, they used mob muscle to squash it."

By Michael Benson and Craig Singer | September 13, 2024

Justice for Lucy Westenrea

Justice for Lucy Westenrea

On reconsidering, and reimagining, one of the most mistreated characters in fiction

By Kiersten White | September 11, 2024

Unsung Detectives From a Millennial Youth

Unsung Detectives From a Millennial Youth

From Carmen Sandiego to Cowboy Bebop, Libby Cudmore looks at the 90s icons that taught her to love noir

By Libby Cudmore | September 9, 2024

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