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Eight Novels Exploring the Transgressions of Young Women
"[P]ushing back against tradition, expected codes of behavior, and the social contract can provoke the severest of reactions."
By
Alanna Schubach
| June 27, 2022
Santiago Crime Fiction: Hard to Escape Political History in Chile’s Capital
Crime and the City visits a city between the Andes and the Pacific
By
Paul French
| June 27, 2022
In Defense of Unsympathetic Protagonists
Jon Bassoff on Camus, Thompson, Highsmith, and a long line of authors writing protagonists who win bring us to the dark side.
By
Jon Bassoff
| June 22, 2022
Aya de León and Cleyvis Natera On Gentrification, Justice, and Latinx Fiction
"I often envision a world where borders don’t exist."
By
Aya de Leon
| June 21, 2022
Richard O'Rawe Talks Craft, Crime, and Irish History
"[W]hether you’re writing a heist book, or a thriller, the thought process is the same."
By
Molly Odintz
| June 21, 2022
Gillian Flynn Is the Real Gone Girl
10 years later, the seminal thriller still has a few twists and reveals left for unsuspecting readers.
By
Lisa Levy
| June 20, 2022
Best Reviewed
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7 Great Crime Novels with First Person Narrators
By
Scott Blackburn
| June 20, 2022
The Enduring Appeal of the Female Amateur Sleuth
By
Amy Pershing
| June 20, 2022
Javier Cercas and The Art of the Back Story
By
Paul French
| June 17, 2022
The Story of Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and Quite Possibly the Strangest American Crime Film of the 1970s
Prime Cut
was a movie filled with stars – and violent, grotesque meat metaphors. Also, it was a mirror for the decade's American experience.
By
Andrew Nette
| June 16, 2022
Don’t Stop Believing: Mystery at the Heart of
The Sopranos
15 years after it went off the air, the show's commitment to spirituality and ambiguity still set it apart.
By
Zach Vasquez
| June 10, 2022
On Finding Allies In Fictional Authors
Writing from the perspective of a made-up author can add the extra distance needed for an honest, critical outlook on society.
By
John Jantunen
| June 8, 2022
Murder Isn't Funny. But Gallows Humor Is!
"In real life, [murder is] devastating....What is funny—in life and on the page—is how people cope with the savagery and finality of a senseless homicide."
By
Marshall Karp
| June 8, 2022
Long Live Pantsing
Chris Offutt discovers the "pantser v. plotter" debate and promptly reevaluates his fifty-six years of writing.
By
Chris Offutt
| June 7, 2022
Cornell Woolrich, the Dark Prince of Noir
David Gordon on the world of Woolrich, ruled by fate, laced with poetry, unspooling like a dream.
By
David Gordon
| June 6, 2022
Kathmandu: Murder in the Mountain Kingdom
Crime and the City visits Nepal's capital, finding a spiritual homeland, a notorious serial killer, and lots of backpacker noir.
By
Paul French
| June 6, 2022
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