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Essays
Western Noir: Smashing Together Two Genres, What Do You Get?
If the western is about delivering justice and noir is about the depths of the void, how can the two genres coexist?
By
Nick Kolakowski
| October 26, 2020
Rubem Fonseca: Modernist Crime Fiction's Reluctant Star
Fonseca captured the life of Rio de Janeiro like nobody else. Revisiting his work now, after his death, is an uncanny experience.
By
Ela Bittencourt
| October 23, 2020
I Never Loved Rebecca
On the unnamed narrator of Daphne du Maurier's classic.
By
Kit Frick
| October 23, 2020
Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of
Dracula
As expected, they're very beautiful, very creepy, and very fun.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| October 22, 2020
Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure
"Knowing what people are expecting allows you to subvert the trope. Expectation is its own red herring, built right into your reader."
By
Stuart Turton
| October 22, 2020
Bringing the Traditional Murder Mystery to India
RV Raman has loved Agatha Christie style murder mysteries his whole life. But where were the stories from India?
By
RV Raman
| October 22, 2020
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic
By
Christina Lane
| October 21, 2020
The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| October 21, 2020
The Dark Legacy of America's Deadliest Train Wreck
By
Daco Auffenorde
| October 21, 2020
Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with "The Mad Scientist"
An author of sci-fi thrillers reflects on distrust of science.
By
Jane Gilmartin
| October 21, 2020
Sapphic Chiller Double Feature
Gothic horror has long been a home for lesbian and queer women. These pairings of books and movies push the conversation forward.
By
emily m. danforth
| October 20, 2020
Toronto: Crime Fiction in North America’s Safest City
The mystery scene is booming in Canada's largest city.
By
Paul French
| October 19, 2020
How The 1969 Murders of a Labor Leader and His Family Changed Coal Country Forever
When reformer Joseph Yablonski decided to challenge union boss Tony Boyle in an election, Boyle soon decided to rid himself of his rival—permanently.
By
Mark A. Bradley
| October 16, 2020
Killing Them Softly
Is the Desperate, Pitch-Black Noir That Perfectly Captures What America Has Become
The 2012 film adapted the George V. Higgins classic and predicted the country's bleak road ahead.
By
Zach Vasquez
| October 16, 2020
The Westing Game
may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.
On remembrance, inheritance, and legacy in one of the most beloved children's novels of all time.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| October 15, 2020
I Didn't Set Out to Write a Book About the Argentine Scrabble Mafia But That's What I've Done
Discovering a crime novel among the Saturday afternoon set in the basement of the Polish Club on Borges Street
By
Daniel Tunnard
| October 15, 2020
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