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Noir/Hardboiled
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.
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Michael Bennett
| May 21, 2024
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."
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Helen Fitzgerald
| May 13, 2024
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.
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Bruce Riordan
| May 9, 2024
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."
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Molly Odintz
| May 1, 2024
The State of the Crime Novel, Part 1: Writing Life
"You can always edit crap. You can’t edit nothing."
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Molly Odintz
| April 30, 2024
10 Queer Crime Novels To Check Out This Spring
Essential new LGBTQIA+ reads, recommended by Queer Crime Writers
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Queer Crime Writers
| April 12, 2024
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Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety
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Charlie Huston
| April 9, 2024
Don Winslow Reflects on Writing His Final Novel
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Nick Kolakowski
| April 2, 2024
The Importance of a Great Setting in Crime Fiction
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Ash Clifton
| April 1, 2024
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"
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Bobby Matthews
| March 27, 2024
Ken Bruen, the Dark Soul of Irish Crime Fiction
In his seventeenth Jack Taylor novel, 'Galway Confidential,' Bruen is exploring the frontier of noir.
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Peter Handel
| March 21, 2024
Macdonald versus MacDonald: A Crime Fiction Debate
Evaluating the literary legacies of John D. MacDonald and Ross Macdonald from inside a Florida flea market.
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Ron Corbett
| March 20, 2024
The Backlist: Jonathan Kellerman on Returning to Margaret Millar and Ross Macdonald
Kellerman sits down with Polly Stewart to discuss Millar's classic noir.
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Polly Stewart
| March 19, 2024
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
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Chris Harding Thornton
| March 15, 2024
Crime Novels for People Who (Think They) Don’t Like Crime Novels
Strange disappearance, concealed identities, and generational sins.
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Debra Spark
| March 13, 2024
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."
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Margot Douaihy
| March 12, 2024
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