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The Playboy and the Publisher: A Murder Story

The Playboy and the Publisher: A Murder Story

The tragic tale of Willoughby Sharp, dilettante Golden Age crime writer, and Claude Kendall, his golden boy publisher

By Curtis Evans | November 14, 2019

Brooklyn Bad Boyz: <br>The Night I Was Shot

Brooklyn Bad Boyz:
The Night I Was Shot

In 2011, Michael Gonzales was shot on his doorstep in Brooklyn. Unexpectedly, the bullet traced back to a legendary hip-hop feud.

By Michael Gonzales | November 13, 2019

Femmes Fatales<br> and the Shattering of the <br>Capitalist Dream

Femmes Fatales
and the Shattering of the
Capitalist Dream

Reconsidering a 20th century crime trope, and what it says about the evolution of noir.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 13, 2019

When You Write Your Worst Fears in Your Novel—And Then They Come True

When You Write Your Worst Fears in Your Novel—And Then They Come True

When fictional tragedies materialize in real-life.

By Amber Cowie | November 12, 2019

<em>Motherless Brooklyn</em> Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

Motherless Brooklyn Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

A postmodern '90s novel becomes a '50s noir.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 8, 2019

The Most Cathartic Moments of Movie Violence

The Most Cathartic Moments of Movie Violence

10 iconic moments of cinema that prove the power of violence

By Zach Vasquez | November 8, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

An Ode to Laura Lee

By Kirstin Innes | November 6, 2019

The Veracity and Heart of Modern Action Thrillers

By Tori Eldridge | November 6, 2019

Havana: A World Capital of Crime Fiction

By Paul French | November 4, 2019

On The Hall-Mills Murders, (a) Crime of the Century

On The Hall-Mills Murders, (a) Crime of the Century

How the salacious double murder of a minister and a choir member in 1922 inspired one of the earliest legal thrillers.

By Hank Phillippi Ryan | November 4, 2019

Why Penny Dreadfuls Scandalized Victorian Society—But Flew off the Shelves

Why Penny Dreadfuls Scandalized Victorian Society—But Flew off the Shelves

On the Sensational, Sensationalistic Victorian Literary Phenomenon

By Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga | November 4, 2019

Atmospheric Pressure: <br><em>The Big Sleep</em> at Eighty

Atmospheric Pressure:
The Big Sleep at Eighty

80 years ago, Raymond Chandler reinvented crime fiction with a novel that valued atmosphere—and style—above all else.

By Janet Roger | November 1, 2019

The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

In rural crime fiction, families are bound together like chain gangs.

By Jake Hinkson | November 1, 2019

The Real <em>Dracula</em> Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

The Real Dracula Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

Forget what you think you know about the ur-vampire story. Bram Stoker's masterpiece was a sprawling, radical detective novel.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 31, 2019

The Perks of Living in a Haunted House

The Perks of Living in a Haunted House

Every writer communes with ghosts. If you can start from childhood, all the better.

By Erica Wright | October 29, 2019

5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

Learning to write suspense, one scary movie at a time.

By Lisa Black | October 29, 2019

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