• Essays

    The Tragic, Violent History of the Brooklyn Waterfront

    Pete Panto was a hero to dockworkers across New York. His disappearance was part of a long, bloody history shaping the city.

    July 17, 2019  By Nathan Ward
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    Edna Buchanan's Miami

    She was Edna Rydzik in Jersey. In Miami, she was the hardboiled crime writer who defined an era and left a complex legacy.

    July 16, 2019  By Sarah Weinman
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    Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

    A crime author's appreciation for a new/old form of storytelling

    July 16, 2019  By Alison Gaylin
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    Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

    Leonardo Padura & Alex Segura talk about noir, hometowns, homelands, and how being a crime writer in Cuba has evolved.

    July 15, 2019  By Alex Segura
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    Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

    Jim Thompson and William Lindsay Gresham have proven difficult to adapt to screen. Directors can't resist the challenge—or the noir.

    July 15, 2019  By Zach Vasquez
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    Bali: The Darker Side of an Island Paradise

    Drugs, Gangs, Expats...and Crime Literature on the Rise

    July 15, 2019  By Paul French
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    What Fiction Teaches Us About The Allure of Cults

    People don't join cults. They join communities that become cults. Literature can help us understand this all-important nuance.

    July 12, 2019  By Kali Wallace
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    Grappling with PTSD
    in Crime Fiction

    Forget the PTSD-fueled psychotic killer of pop culture lore. Crime novels are capable of a far more complex treatment.

    July 11, 2019  By Hilary Davidson
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    Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

    The last Hannibal Lecter book was a publishing phenomenon like no other—it left a long, strange legacy.

    July 10, 2019  By Patrick J. Sauer
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    Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

    Five ways my background as a stuntwoman and armorer helped me become a crime writer (and one way it didn't).

    July 10, 2019  By S. L. Huang
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