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The Gospel According to Flannery O’Connor, Harry Crews, Toni Morrison and Donald Ray Pollock

The Gospel According to Flannery O’Connor, Harry Crews, Toni Morrison and Donald Ray Pollock

These authors "each extend Poe’s Gothic sensibility to show us the frailty of our superficial, quotidian existence."

By Jonathan Woods | August 29, 2022

The Dangers of the Open Road: 5 Key Works of Motorcycle Noir

The Dangers of the Open Road: 5 Key Works of Motorcycle Noir

Seven decades of mayhem, outlaws, and high drama

By Nick Kolakowski | August 26, 2022

Hungry Like a Dog: James Ellroy Will Not Stop Being James Ellroy

Hungry Like a Dog: James Ellroy Will Not Stop Being James Ellroy

A conversation with the author (and now podcaster) who has no intention of pulling back his writing or his personality.

By M.R. Allan | August 26, 2022

Two August Thrillers That Complicate the Definition of Victim

Two August Thrillers That Complicate the Definition of Victim

A close reading of Complicit, by Winnie M. Li, and The Last Housewife, by Ashley Winstead

By Samantha Ladwig | August 23, 2022

Bad Mutha: On the Life and Art of Isaac Hayes

Bad Mutha: On the Life and Art of Isaac Hayes

How the composer, actor, and Black Moses soul man put his indelible stamp on the culture.

By Michael Gonzales | August 19, 2022

The Five Great Novels of Dashiell Hammett

The Five Great Novels of Dashiell Hammett

Hammett's works may have been few, but they were all brilliant.

By Larry Beinhart | August 10, 2022

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Exploring a Reckless Vision of Los Angeles, with Ed Brubaker

Exploring a Reckless Vision of Los Angeles, with Ed Brubaker

Alex Segura in conversation with Ed Brubaker about his graphic crime novel series

By Alex Segura | August 3, 2022

Sunburns, Sex, and Squatters: Angst and Stress in California Noir

Sunburns, Sex, and Squatters: Angst and Stress in California Noir

Or, how to write a California crime novel when you've never actually been to Los Angeles.

By Caroline Macon Fleischer | August 1, 2022

Shop Talk: Dwyer Murphy on Writing Routines, Superstitions, and Reading Elmore Leonard Like a Bible

Shop Talk: Dwyer Murphy on Writing Routines, Superstitions, and Reading Elmore Leonard Like a Bible

Crime writers talking craft, classics, and too much coffee.

By Eli Cranor | July 28, 2022

Some Things in Anthony Bourdain's Trip to Taipei Made No Sense

Some Things in Anthony Bourdain's Trip to Taipei Made No Sense

Almost a decade after the episode aired, author Ed Lin still finds himself thinking about Bourdain's trip to Taiwan.

By Ed Lin | July 27, 2022

August, 1896: A Heat Wave Spawns a Crime Wave in Gilded Age New York

August, 1896: A Heat Wave Spawns a Crime Wave in Gilded Age New York

"[V]iolent crimes such as murder and assaults spike in hot weather, and the hotter the weather the worse the crime..."

By W. H. Flint | July 27, 2022

10 Underappreciated American Neo-Noirs of the Early 1970s

10 Underappreciated American Neo-Noirs of the Early 1970s

Andrew Nette on the birth of neo-noir and the films that deserve to come out from the shadow of the period's iconic masterpieces.

By Andrew Nette | July 26, 2022

My First Thriller: Laura Lippman

My First Thriller: Laura Lippman

How Lippman went from Baltimore reporter to crime fiction icon...with a few obstacles along the way.

By Rick Pullen | July 21, 2022

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