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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

The Coen Brothers' Enduring Ties to Crime Literature

The Coen Brothers' Enduring Ties to Crime Literature

From Macbeth to Lebowski and Back Again

By Zach Vasquez | July 17, 2020

How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

In the 1960s, TV executives came up with a novel way of delivering Americans their mysteries—the "wheel"

By J. Kingston Pierce | July 16, 2020

Let's Not Forget the Time Mario Vargas Llosa Sucker Punched Gabriel García Márquez

Let's Not Forget the Time Mario Vargas Llosa Sucker Punched Gabriel García Márquez

It was about a woman.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 16, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 7

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 7

The Thin Man (1934)

By Otto Penzler | July 16, 2020

Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

An open letter to the two girls still stuck in the early showing of 'The Conjuring'

By Stephen Graham Jones | July 15, 2020

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The Day Dashiell Hammett Was Dragged Into Court Over a Bail Fund for Political Prisoners and Refused to Name Names

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 9, 2020

The Massively Popular, Mostly Forgotten Craze for American Style Noir in WWII-Era Britain

The Massively Popular, Mostly Forgotten Craze for American Style Noir in WWII-Era Britain

In 1939, amidst violence and wartime shortages, one hardboiled noir took the nation by storm, provoked moral outrage, and inspired legions of imitators.

By Andrew Nette | July 9, 2020

Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!

Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!

Yes, the historic architecture is appealing and the price is right, but the blood oozing out of the wall is a deal breaker...

By Riley Sager | July 9, 2020

A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction

A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction

"The first well-drawn, fully-developed queer women characters I ever encountered were in the pages of crime fiction."

By Kristen Lepionka | July 8, 2020

Do the Best Adaptations Keep the Author At Arm's Length?

Do the Best Adaptations Keep the Author At Arm's Length?

A screenwriter and crime writer thinks back on 20 years of the collaborative process.

By David Klass | July 8, 2020

Why Genre Labels Are Utterly Meaningless But Incredibly Fun to Debate, Especially While Drinking

Why Genre Labels Are Utterly Meaningless But Incredibly Fun to Debate, Especially While Drinking

Is Indiana Jones an adventure story or a heist movie? Is Brody the hero of 'Jaws' or is the shark? It all depends on perspective.

By Jay Stringer | July 8, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 9

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 9

White Heat (1949)

By Otto Penzler | July 6, 2020

My Writing Will Never Be as Good as Charles Willeford's

My Writing Will Never Be as Good as Charles Willeford's

But I keep on writing anyway.

By Chip Mosher | July 3, 2020

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