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What Are Criminals 'Supposed' to Look Like?

What Are Criminals 'Supposed' to Look Like?

After a break-in, a crime writer imagines her burglar, and reckons with our cultural notions about good-looking criminals.

By Amy Lloyd | May 28, 2019

Raymond Chandler's Grudge Against British Mysteries, Reconsidered

Raymond Chandler's Grudge Against British Mysteries, Reconsidered

Chandler slammed English detective novels and their authors time and again. But he didn't hate the literature, just the class snobbery.

By Curtis Evans | May 24, 2019

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #54

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #54

The Fugitive (1993)

By Otto Penzler | May 24, 2019

Revisiting the Social Climber Novel and the American Dream

Revisiting the Social Climber Novel and the American Dream

Tom Ripley, Jay Gatsby, and a Quintessential American Art Form

By Anna Pitoniak | May 23, 2019

Donald Goines and the Birth of Black Pulp Fiction

Donald Goines and the Birth of Black Pulp Fiction

The man who ushered in a new era of stories by black people, for black people, about the black urban experience.

By Kinohi Nishikawa | May 22, 2019

Fairy Tales Are Really Just Hard-Boiled Crime Stories

Fairy Tales Are Really Just Hard-Boiled Crime Stories

Exploring the Dark, Twisted World of Classic Fairy Tales

By Steph Post | May 22, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Barbara Neely, The Activist-Turned-Crime Writer Who Inspired A Generation

By Kellye Garrett | May 21, 2019

What's With All the Supernatural Sherlocks?

By G. S. Denning | May 21, 2019

The Crime Fiction of Athens

By Paul French | May 20, 2019

A Uniquely Alaskan Crime Scene

A Uniquely Alaskan Crime Scene

A Crime Writer Reflects on His Days as a US Marshal in Alaska

By Marc Cameron | May 20, 2019

The Dangers of Dime Westerns

The Dangers of Dime Westerns

From Mark Twain's "bloodthirstily interesting" favorites to first-person shooters, Westerns were the first "true crime" sensation.

By Nathan Ward | May 17, 2019

Harper Lee and Truman Capote: Partners in Crime

Harper Lee and Truman Capote: Partners in Crime

Capote wanted an "assistant researchist." Lee got a train to Kansas and helped to revolutionize crime literature.

By Casey Cep | May 17, 2019

The Groundbreaking Art of <br>Jim Steranko

The Groundbreaking Art of
Jim Steranko

How a maverick artist's dark vision transformed the comics world and ushered in the graphic novel

By Michael Gonzales | May 16, 2019

Friendship Noir

Friendship Noir

7 Thrillers to Make You Wonder If Your Best Friend Is a Murderer

By S. R. Masters | May 16, 2019

Don't Use My Family For Your True Crime Stories

Don't Use My Family For Your True Crime Stories

What it's like to watch true crime as the relative of a murder victim.

By Lilly Dancyger | May 15, 2019

James M. Cain, The Femme Fatale and the Male Gaze

James M. Cain, The Femme Fatale and the Male Gaze

Grappling With The Misogynist History of Deadly Women in Noir

By Sean Carswell | May 15, 2019

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