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It's Time for More Period Dramas to Embrace the Diversity of People of Color

It's Time for More Period Dramas to Embrace the Diversity of People of Color

Un-Whitewashing the Past

By Radha Vatsal | July 27, 2020

All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?

All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?

Fifty years later, Donald Westlake's passion for the logistics of crime captures our imaginations.

By Nick Kolakowski | July 24, 2020

Why Do So Many Physicists Write Crime Novels?

Why Do So Many Physicists Write Crime Novels?

Scientists and authors attempt to explain the unusual affinity between physics and crime fiction.

By Lee Randall | July 24, 2020

On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit</em>

On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Robert Zemeckis's visually stunning wild ride through cartoons is also a breakneck excoriation of disenfranchisement.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 23, 2020

What We Relate To When We Relate to Books

What We Relate To When We Relate to Books

Is it the characters, or the scenario?

By Josh Malerman | July 23, 2020

The Evolution of Dennis Lehane

The Evolution of Dennis Lehane

How the acclaimed author's work has transformed through the decades, bringing readers some of the era's most powerful noirs.

By Keith Roysdon | July 22, 2020

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By S. A. Cosby | July 21, 2020

A Cold War Hot Spot, A Neighborhood Crime, and the Meaning of Home

By Alexandra Burt | July 21, 2020

How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

A Trip to the Mountains and a Story of Survival

By Jen Waite | July 21, 2020

Lagos: Africa's Capital of Noir

Lagos: Africa's Capital of Noir

Crime and the City visits the sprawling, dynamic center of Nigeria's booming literary scene.

By Paul French | July 20, 2020

A Legendary Chicago Hotel and the Gilded Age Murder Trial That Embroiled a City

A Legendary Chicago Hotel and the Gilded Age Murder Trial That Embroiled a City

In 1882, in Chicago's most opulent hotel, a woman shot a man dead. Her defense would start a citywide debate about morality.

By Dean Jobb | July 20, 2020

The World Through Bonnie Parker's Eyes

The World Through Bonnie Parker's Eyes

On the trail of the Parker Gang, camera in hand...

By Christina Schwarz | July 17, 2020

A New York State of Mind: The Unexpected Bonding Powers of Billy Joel's Melancholy Noir

A New York State of Mind: The Unexpected Bonding Powers of Billy Joel's Melancholy Noir

Michael Gonzales finds a lifeline to a city, a soundtrack for grief, and a way of remembering his father.

By Michael Gonzales | July 17, 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

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