• Noir/Hardboiled

    The Surprising Joys of Working In a Half-Way House for Ex-Offenders

    "I had found myself. Social work was my job. Edinburgh was my city. Writing was my hobby."

    May 13, 2024  By Helen Fitzgerald
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    Don’t Make Graves: The Essential Harlem Detectives

    Bruce Riordan looks at the legacy of Chester Himes and a new edition of his most enduring work.

    May 9, 2024  By Bruce Riordan
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    The State of the Crime Novel, Part 2: The Future of Crime Writing

    "Everything's important, everything's on the table, and everything's fair game."

    May 1, 2024  By Molly Odintz
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    The State of the Crime Novel, Part 1: Writing Life

    "You can always edit crap. You can’t edit nothing."

    April 30, 2024  By Molly Odintz
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    10 Queer Crime Novels To Check Out This Spring

    Essential new LGBTQIA+ reads, recommended by Queer Crime Writers

    April 12, 2024  By Queer Crime Writers 
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    Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety

    "These are quite literally the most sober words I have ever written."

    April 9, 2024  By Charlie Huston
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    Don Winslow Reflects on Writing His Final Novel

    Winslow discusses ‘City in Ruins,’ crime in Las Vegas, and how to write an epic trilogy.

    April 2, 2024  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Importance of a Great Setting in Crime Fiction

    Ash Clifton on Ross Macdonald, Charles Willeford, and the right way to craft a mystery's setting.

    April 1, 2024  By Ash Clifton
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    Y'all Means All: On the Growing Diversity of Southern Gothic and Rural Noir

    These "crime and gothic writers [are] reshaping the mythical South as we know it"

    March 27, 2024  By Bobby Matthews
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    Ken Bruen, the Dark Soul of Irish Crime Fiction

    In his seventeenth Jack Taylor novel, 'Galway Confidential,' Bruen is exploring the frontier of noir.

    March 21, 2024  By Peter Handel
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