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The Other Border: Crime Fiction on the 49th Parallel

The Other Border: Crime Fiction on the 49th Parallel

"Rum runners. Draft dodgers. Smugglers. Fugitives on the run. If crime fiction is about transgression, what better site than the border?"

By Nolan Chase | June 3, 2024

Expand Your Mind with These Psychedelic Mysteries

Expand Your Mind with These Psychedelic Mysteries

Nazi mind control, British psychiatric hospitals, Manson family hamburgers, and more

By Daniel Weizmann | May 30, 2024

Off The Deep End: Noir Cinema's Eternal Fascination with Swimming Pools

Off The Deep End: Noir Cinema's Eternal Fascination with Swimming Pools

Halley Sutton dives into the crime genre's obsession with the ultimate Hollywood symbol

By Halley Sutton | May 24, 2024

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer 2024

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer 2024

It's hot outside. Time to pick up some summer reading!

By Molly Odintz | May 23, 2024

Dead Characters with Something to Say

Dead Characters with Something to Say

Deceased characters from eight great crime novels, films or TV shows who insert themselves into the story from the Other Side.

By Michael Bennett | May 21, 2024

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

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."

By Helen Fitzgerald | May 13, 2024

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The State of the Crime Novel, Part 1: Writing Life

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10 Queer Crime Novels To Check Out This Spring

10 Queer Crime Novels To Check Out This Spring

Essential new LGBTQIA+ reads, recommended by Queer Crime Writers

By Queer Crime Writers | April 12, 2024

Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety

Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety

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

By Charlie Huston | April 9, 2024

Don Winslow Reflects on Writing His Final Novel

Don Winslow Reflects on Writing His Final Novel

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

By Nick Kolakowski | April 2, 2024

The Importance of a Great Setting in Crime Fiction

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.

By Ash Clifton | April 1, 2024

Y'all Means All: On the Growing Diversity of Southern Gothic and Rural Noir

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"

By Bobby Matthews | March 27, 2024

Ken Bruen, the Dark Soul of Irish Crime Fiction

Ken Bruen, the Dark Soul of Irish Crime Fiction

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

By Peter Handel | March 21, 2024

Macdonald versus MacDonald: A Crime Fiction Debate

Macdonald versus MacDonald: A Crime Fiction Debate

Evaluating the literary legacies of John D. MacDonald and Ross Macdonald from inside a Florida flea market.

By Ron Corbett | March 20, 2024

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