• Noir/Hardboiled

    Atmospheric Pressure:
    The Big Sleep at Eighty

    80 years ago, Raymond Chandler reinvented crime fiction with a novel that valued atmosphere—and style—above all else.

    November 1, 2019  By Janet Roger
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    Everything You Need to Know About the World of Watchmen, HBO’s New Crime Drama

    Yes, it is a crime drama. And it is even stranger than you've heard.

    November 1, 2019  By Lincoln Michel
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    The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

    In rural crime fiction, families are bound together like chain gangs.

    November 1, 2019  By Jake Hinkson
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    October's Best Debut Novels

    Unreliable Memories, Runaway Gamines, and Haunted Coastlines

    October 25, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

    Steph Cha looks at the divides of the crime writing community.

    October 25, 2019  By Steph Cha
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    Attica Locke: "My unconscious is a better writer than I am."

    The Texas crime author on the legacy of history, the resurgence of prejudice, and the meaning of forgiveness.

    October 25, 2019  By Molly Odintz
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    Now Streaming in Crime: October

    Your Guide to the Best Noir, Mystery, and Thrillers Now Streaming

    October 25, 2019  By Camille LeBlanc
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    7 International Crime Novels to Read This Month

    From Argentine Noir to Swedish Folk Horror. It's a big month for international crime.

    October 24, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday

    In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.

    October 23, 2019  By Michael Gonzales
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    Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: Glamorous Women in Crime Fiction

    Searching contemporary noirs for that one ineffable quality.

    October 22, 2019  By Erica Wright
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