On Choice, Chance, and Circumstance in Crime Fiction

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.

By James Wade | August 21, 2024

The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

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

By Eugenie Montague | August 20, 2024

Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

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

By Morgan Richter | August 20, 2024

Green Mountain Mysteries: A Taxonomy of Vermont Noir

Green Mountain Mysteries: A Taxonomy of Vermont Noir

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

By Sarah Stewart Taylor | August 15, 2024

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

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?"

By Stephen Harrison | August 14, 2024

Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

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

By Snowden Wright | August 13, 2024

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The Rockford Files and the Allure of the Shady PI

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By Joshua Perry | July 25, 2024

Ace Atkins On Writing A Crime Novel Steeped in the Blues

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."

By Ace Atkins | July 23, 2024

8 Thrillers and Horror Novels Set at Terrible Summer Camps

8 Thrillers and Horror Novels Set at Terrible Summer Camps

These books will have you sending a postcard to your parents begging to come home early...

By Molly Odintz | July 19, 2024

The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'

The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'

Discussing Highsmith's classic of toxic suburbia

By Polly Stewart | July 17, 2024

Choose Your Own Adventure: Whodunnit

Choose Your Own Adventure: Whodunnit

Part game, part quiz, part Mad-Libs

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 10, 2024

The Weird Fiction <br>That Influenced an <br>Even Weirder Writer

The Weird Fiction
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Author and performance artist Evan J. Peterson on the speculative noir that informed his new novel

By Evan J. Peterson | July 10, 2024

Chris Offutt on Nature, Appalachia, and the

Chris Offutt on Nature, Appalachia, and the "Code of the Hills"

"In the hills, nature is a constant force—beautiful and relentless. At times brutal. The sounds of bird and wind in the leaves is a constant backdrop to the life I experienced as a child and as an adult."

By Chris McGinley | July 9, 2024

Choose Your Own Adventure: Noir

Choose Your Own Adventure: Noir

Part game, part quiz, part Mad-Libs

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 3, 2024

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