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    The Big Sleep and The Black Cat

    The Big Sleep and The Black Cat

    Or, searching for queer culture in the era of hard-boiled fiction.

    By Lev AC Rosen | October 24, 2022

     Where is the ‘Street Crime’ in ‘Crime Fiction?’

     Where is the ‘Street Crime’ in ‘Crime Fiction?’

    Crimes that are both everyday and yet brutal seem to be front and center only in a small subset of the mystery/thriller/suspense genre. Is that taste, craft—or something that should make us all a little uncomfortable?

    By Christopher Chambers | October 21, 2022

    "If Found Please Return to Abigail Serna 158 3/4 E MLK Blvd"

    Désirée Zamorano

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 13, 2022

    5 Uniquely Chicanx/Latinx Representations in Crime Fiction

    5 Uniquely Chicanx/Latinx Representations in Crime Fiction

    These novels by writers from historically marginalized communities create rendezvous-points of cultural negotiation by appropriating major commercial genres.

    By Christopher David Rosales | October 13, 2022

    The Literary Blood Feud between Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald

    The Literary Blood Feud between Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald

    Or, The Way Some Crime Writers Decry...

    By Curtis Evans | October 7, 2022

    From Surviving Evil to Prosecuting Evil to Writing Evil

    From Surviving Evil to Prosecuting Evil to Writing Evil

    "I was 30 when I first prosecuted a child sexual abuse case, the eventual focus of my life’s work as an attorney."

    By Roger A. Canaff | October 5, 2022

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    Why Cold War Noir is Back in Play

    By M. Z. Urlocker | September 30, 2022

    The Myth and the Reality of Violence in the Old West

    By Chase Pletts | September 29, 2022

    O Brother, Where Art Thou Contemporary Southern Women Writers?

    By Kelly J. Ford | September 28, 2022

    On Theda Bara and the Origins of the Vamp

    On Theda Bara and the Origins of the Vamp

    Or, How Rudyard Kipling Brought Sex to the Movies

    By Michael Mayo | September 27, 2022

    How Rudy Ruiz and His Neo-Western Aim to Change the Conversation About the U.S.-Mexico Border

    How Rudy Ruiz and His Neo-Western Aim to Change the Conversation About the U.S.-Mexico Border

    A Tortured History in the Valley of Shadows

    By Rudy Ruiz | September 27, 2022

    Six YA Thrillers where Teens Fight the System

    Six YA Thrillers where Teens Fight the System

    In these books, adolescents question everything...

    By Stephanie Kuehn | September 26, 2022

    Joe R. Lansdale and Jussi Piironen Talk Graphic Novels and Noir

    Joe R. Lansdale and Jussi Piironen Talk Graphic Novels and Noir

    "When you actually present the characters, you have to hope the art, their appearance, is convincing and satisfying for the audience." - Joe R. Lansdale

    By CrimeReads | September 26, 2022

    Why Lawyers Make Such Good (and Bad) Mystery Novelists

    Why Lawyers Make Such Good (and Bad) Mystery Novelists

    Allen Eskens makes the case for writers with legal experience.

    By Allen Eskens | September 20, 2022

    S. A. Cosby: Interview and Cover Reveal

    S. A. Cosby: Interview and Cover Reveal

    "[Southern noir] is the gospel of the dispossessed."

    By CrimeReads | September 19, 2022

    Florence Fiction: A Criminal Renaissance

    Florence Fiction: A Criminal Renaissance

    Crime and the City visits the birthplace of the Renaissance, a city known for art, style, food...and mystery.

    By Paul French | September 19, 2022

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