• Noir/Hardboiled

    On Choice, Chance, and Circumstance in Crime Fiction

    Some decisions we make. Some are made for us. Fiction needs to acknowledge what we can (and can't) change.

    August 21, 2024  By James Wade
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    The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

    Cousin to the metaphysical detective novel, the antidetective story casts doubt on "detection itself"

    August 20, 2024  By Eugenie Montague
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    Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

    Morgan Richter on books "in which two genres caress, not collide."

    August 20, 2024  By Morgan Richter
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    Green Mountain Mysteries: A Taxonomy of Vermont Noir

    Sarah Stewart Taylor considers the many fictional horrors and murders of her beloved home state

    August 15, 2024  By Sarah Stewart Taylor
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    Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

    "The internet is now ubiquitous in our lives, so why does it appear so rarely in popular literature?"

    August 14, 2024  By Stephen Harrison
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    Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

    Snowden Wright on Elmore Leonard and the evolution of an American icon.

    August 13, 2024  By Snowden Wright
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    The Rockford Files and the Allure of the Shady PI

    Keith Roysdon remembers a favorite seriess, and the real-life PI who proved that ‘Rockford Files’ was practically a documentary.

    August 12, 2024  By Keith Roysdon
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    Gated Community Noir

    These seemingly nice neighborhoods conceal dark secrets

    July 26, 2024  By Molly Odintz
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    We Need More Crime Fiction By Defense Attorneys

    "[W]hat defenders do is slow, patient, grinding, and infected with uncertainty. We don’t have the whole story, and we never will."

    July 25, 2024  By Joshua Perry
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    Ace Atkins On Writing A Crime Novel Steeped in the Blues

    "All that time listening to Vocalion records and reading ragged old Dell paperbacks would finally pay off."

    July 23, 2024  By Ace Atkins
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