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Steven Torres on Getting Rid of the Labels and Just Writing About Humans (and Inevitably, Violence)

Steven Torres on Getting Rid of the Labels and Just Writing About Humans (and Inevitably, Violence)

The Bronx-born author returns with a tale of revenge

By Richie Narvaez | February 11, 2022

B-More or B-Less: Meditations on <em>The Wire</em> and Baltimore

B-More or B-Less: Meditations on The Wire and Baltimore

Michael A. Gonzales on a long, complex relationship with The Wire and its depictions of Black life in Baltimore.

By Michael Gonzales | February 10, 2022

Big Trouble in the “93”: Olivier Norek’s Banlieue Trilogy

Big Trouble in the “93”: Olivier Norek’s Banlieue Trilogy

A former French cop—and a writer on the hit series "Spiral"—is taking French crime fiction in a new direction.

By Paul French | December 22, 2021

The 1980s: A Forgotten Golden Age of Crime Television

The 1980s: A Forgotten Golden Age of Crime Television

Author and showrunner Howard Michael Gould looks back on six underappreciated gems of 80s crime television.

By Howard Michael Gould | December 7, 2021

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Detection Dogs

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Detection Dogs

What do working dogs do? And what happens to them when they retire?

By Sara Driscoll | November 29, 2021

The Crime Novels of Frankfurt

The Crime Novels of Frankfurt

Germany's fifth largest city has a bad rap for being boring. Behind all those book fairs and convention centers, there's a mystery.

By Paul French | October 25, 2021

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How <em>The French Connection</em> Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

How The French Connection Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

William Friedkin's 1971 masterpiece is all about the chase. That's what distinguishes it from everything that came before and after.

By Chris McGinley | September 2, 2021

A New Wave of Crime Fiction Explores Collective Guilt and Individual Complicity

A New Wave of Crime Fiction Explores Collective Guilt and Individual Complicity

Crime fiction is working to represent a more abstract antagonist—institutions and ideologies that perpetuate violence—and a harder-to-pin form of guilt: complicity.

By Ashley Winstead | August 10, 2021

The Rise of Welsh Crime Fiction

The Rise of Welsh Crime Fiction

A country of just over three million people is producing a good deal of the world's most addictive crime fiction.

By Paul French | August 9, 2021

Drama in the Court: A Brief History of the Legal Thriller

Drama in the Court: A Brief History of the Legal Thriller

From Wilkie Collins to John Grisham to Lisa Scottoline, a look at the evolution of a singular genre.

By Manning Wolfe | August 2, 2021

The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

In 1936, Erle Stanley Gardner was thinking of killing off his most famous character. Instead, he created a new kind of lawyer.

By J. Kingston Pierce | July 2, 2021

The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

Obsessives and eccentrics populate the fishing world. You better know your stuff if you're going to set your crime fiction there.

By John Galligan | June 29, 2021

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