• Noir/Hardboiled

    Vicki Hendricks, Miami Purity, and the Making of a Neo-Noir Classic

    The wild, funny, sexy noir that helped launch a new era of crime fiction.

    February 24, 2023  By Craig Pittman
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    5 Crime Novels That Deepen Our Understanding of Collective Trauma

    Set in the aftermath of national tragedy, these books help readers contextualize societal wounds even as they explore compelling mysteries

    February 16, 2023  By Frank Sennett
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    The Life and Legacy of James Ellroy

    Steven Powell's new work on Ellroy is an ambitious biography and a fascinating glimpse into the mind of "the Demon Dog."

    February 10, 2023  By Andrew Nette
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    Kellye Garrett and Alex Segura: Two Authors Look Back on a Year of Literary Firsts

    Garrett and Segura discuss new paperbacks, the year in mystery, and what's in store for the industry.

    February 8, 2023  By Alex Segura
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    The Great, Always Bizarre Florida Crime Fiction Tradition

    What other state has produced so many good novels about crime and corruption?

    February 7, 2023  By Mike Lawson
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    Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

    Or, a brief taxonomy of a very strange oeuvre.

    February 6, 2023  By J. D. O'Brien
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    São Paulo: City of Extremes

    Crime and the City visits the Brazilian megalopolis in search of good books.

    February 6, 2023  By Paul French
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    The Novelist As Method Actor

    Or, how to get to know your characters inside and out.

    February 6, 2023  By M. J. Rose
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    Marcia Muller: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    A guide to the life and work of "the founding mother" of the hardboiled woman as private eye.

    February 3, 2023  By Neil Nyren
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    Capturing the Voice—and Honesty—of Adolescence

    Young narrators are the witnesses who speak the truth in American literature.

    February 2, 2023  By Sterling Watson
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