• Noir/Hardboiled

    They Get the Assignment: Alison Gaylin's Favorite Fictional Female Detectives

    These PIs move through the world with their own style.

    September 12, 2024  By Alison Gaylin
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    Unsung Detectives From a Millennial Youth

    From Carmen Sandiego to Cowboy Bebop, Libby Cudmore looks at the 90s icons that taught her to love noir

    September 9, 2024  By Libby Cudmore
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    Labors of Love: Eli Cranor on Education, Empathy and Experience  

    "The point is how much is enough? And what is the cost of wanting more?"

    August 30, 2024  By John B. Valeri
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    Forgive, but Don't Forget: On Redemption in Crime Fiction

    "Forgiveness is not about forgetting; it is about understanding."

    August 27, 2024  By Adam Mitzner
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    Love Kills the Demon: 30 Years of Natural Born Killers

    Looking back at the controversial reception and tangled legacy of the blood-soaked 1994 film.

    August 26, 2024  By Martyn Conterio
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    An Ode to Charles Willeford

    First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of American crime fiction fans.

    August 23, 2024  By Michael Ledwidge
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    Kailee Pedersen: In Praise of the Difficult Women of East Asian Literature

    A list of books featuring characters whose "willingness to transgress...can be both horrifying and thrilling"

    August 21, 2024  By Kailee Pedersen
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    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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