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    Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

    Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

    Leonardo Padura & Alex Segura talk about noir, hometowns, homelands, and how being a crime writer in Cuba has evolved.

    By Alex Segura | July 15, 2019

    Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

    Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

    Jim Thompson and William Lindsay Gresham have proven difficult to adapt to screen. Directors can't resist the challenge—or the noir.

    By Zach Vasquez | July 15, 2019

    Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

    Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

    The last Hannibal Lecter book was a publishing phenomenon like no other—it left a long, strange legacy.

    By Patrick J. Sauer | July 10, 2019

    7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

    7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

    Pop culture is full of interesting women challenging stereotypes and ridiculous old questions about likeable characters.

    By Kristen Lepionka | July 10, 2019

    Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

    Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

    Five ways my background as a stuntwoman and armorer helped me become a crime writer (and one way it didn't).

    By S. L. Huang | July 10, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #48

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #48

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

    By Otto Penzler | July 9, 2019

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    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of June

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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #49

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #49

    Goldfinger (1964)

    By Otto Penzler | June 28, 2019

    A Brief History of the Heroes of Black Pulp

    A Brief History of the Heroes of Black Pulp

    Finding inspiration and representation in the slam-bang cool of Black Pulp, past & present.

    By Michael Gonzales | June 27, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #50

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #50

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    Art World Noir

    Art World Noir

    The art world mystery has it all: tortured artists, gallery parties, downtown scenesters, existential angst, counterfeits and collectors.

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    Now Streaming in Crime: June

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    Noir Tropes Are Alive and Well—And Powerful as Ever

    Noir Tropes Are Alive and Well—And Powerful as Ever

    How Today's Writers Explore and Complicate the Noir Classics

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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #51

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