Essays

10 Underappreciated American Noirs of the Late 1950s and the 1960s

Andrew Nette examines the largely forgotten period of American cinema that came between classic film noir and 1970s neo-noir.

November 23, 2021  By Andrew Nette
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Respect the Dead. Write More Realistic Fiction.

"The fantasy unpacks itself weekly from red Panavision trucks, spitting distance from the courthouse in downtown Brooklyn where I work."

November 23, 2021  By Robert Reuland
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The French Murder Case That Shocked a Francophile Family Into Writing A Detective Series

Gerald Jay Goldberg was haunted by a brutal murder of a tourist in the South of France. Decades later, his family finishes his series.

November 22, 2021  By Robert Goldberg
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Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

"[T]here needs to be a tacit acknowledgement...that author and reader are both in on the same joke. And it is a joke."

November 22, 2021  By Daisy Waugh
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The Downstairs World: A Fascinating Setting for a Murder Mystery Sleuth

There's no better sleuth for an interwar novel than a housekeeper.

November 22, 2021  By Colleen Cambridge
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Forensic Psychologist Richard Lettieri On The Many Pathways to a False Confession

Coercive tactics, subtle suggestions, and the urge to comply with authority figures all may cause the innocent to confess.

November 19, 2021  By Richard Lettieri, PhD
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Making Good out of Murder: On Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, Crime Reporters and Crime Writers

In the 1930s, crime reporters and spouses Bristow and Manning turned their New Orleans crime beat into fertile fodder for fiction.

November 18, 2021  By Curtis Evans
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What We Owe To The Victorians

Modern sanitation, fast transit, global communications, and so much more...

November 18, 2021  By Emily Brightwell
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Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

Sara Foster on challenging a persistent trope

November 18, 2021  By Sara Foster
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Having Faith in Thrillers

Two Christian authors reflect on what themes of faith can do for thriller stories.

November 17, 2021  By Andrews and Wilson
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