• Features

    Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

    Nick Kolakowski on the Settings, Shane-Black-isms, and Signature Leitmotifs of a Long Cinematic Career

    October 1, 2025  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Let's Do the Crime Warp: Keith Roysdon Makes The Case for Keeping Settings Vintage in Contemporary Productions

    "[C]rime stories produced in contemporary times but set in the past are just as enticing and have the additional benefit of hindsight."

    October 1, 2025  By Keith Roysdon
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    The Backlist: Reading Kate Elizabeth Russell's "My Dark Vanessa" with Attica Locke

    Locke and Polly Stewart revisit Russell's powerhouse debut in the wake of #metoo and renewed misogyny

    October 1, 2025  By Polly Stewart
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    Twenty Years of Capote

    Julia Sirmons looks back on Bennett Miller's classic film

    September 30, 2025  By Julia Sirmons
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    Horror Film Franchises That Refuse To Die

    Michael Wehunt on the hits that keep on coming

    September 30, 2025  By Michael Wehunt
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    On Writing Contemporary Mysteries vs. Historical Ones

    Sherry Thomas weighs two equally fun approaches to crime fiction

    September 30, 2025  By Sherry Thomas
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    Crime and the City: Capri

    Welcome to a Tyrrhenian paradise... via books!

    September 29, 2025  By Paul French
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    September 29, 2025  By CrimeReads 
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    Heist or Caper: Where Do You Stand?

    Fran Wilde asks crime authors to weigh in on the eternal debate

    September 29, 2025  By Fran Wilde
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