• Noir/Hardboiled

    Macdonald versus MacDonald: A Crime Fiction Debate

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

    March 20, 2024  By Ron Corbett
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    The Backlist: Jonathan Kellerman on Returning to Margaret Millar and Ross Macdonald

    Kellerman sits down with Polly Stewart to discuss Millar's classic noir.

    March 19, 2024  By Polly Stewart
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    A Seventh-Generation Nebraskan On Turning Family Tales and Omaha History into Historical Fiction

    On using history as a method of filling in the gaps from what's recorded and passed down

    March 15, 2024  By Chris Harding Thornton
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    Crime Novels for People Who (Think They) Don’t Like Crime Novels

    Strange disappearance, concealed identities, and generational sins.

    March 13, 2024  By Debra Spark
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    Ties That Bind: The Power of Siblings in Mysteries and Thrillers

    Margot Douaihy explains how sibling relationships are "supercharging narratives with primal terror and emotional range."

    March 12, 2024  By Margot Douaihy
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    9 Murder Ballads that Slay

    "[I]t’s the blend of a scandalous story, a haunting melody, and deft lyricism that makes the form irresistible"

    March 7, 2024  By Caroline Frost
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    Breanne McIvor on Beauty, Romance, and the Borderlands of Literature and Crime

    Aya de Leon interviews the Trinidadian writer and makeup artist about her lush debut set in the Caribbean fashion scene

    February 12, 2024  By Aya de Leon
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    The Importance of Humor in Crime Fiction

    "We need the warmth. There has to be somewhere for readers to turn when it’s cold."

    February 12, 2024  By E.A. Aymar
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    How “True Detective” Is Evolving into Something New

    In "Night Country," the standout series is embracing the supernatural side of its noir legacy.

    February 9, 2024  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Literary Works In Which Crimes are a Means to Understanding Complexity

    Megan Nolan on the "apparent impossibility of comprehending the mind of another"

    February 7, 2024  By Megan Nolan
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