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Crime Novels With a Strong Sense of Place and Inimitable Atmosphere

Crime Novels With a Strong Sense of Place and Inimitable Atmosphere

Matt Goldman on some contemporary classics that simply couldn't have been set anywhere else.

By Matt Goldman | May 31, 2022

James Lee Burke on Personal Tragedy, National Trauma, and the Search for Salvation

James Lee Burke on Personal Tragedy, National Trauma, and the Search for Salvation

"The story of Eden, and how it influences my work, is not the story of a snake in a tree, but the story of what we are doing to the tree – what we are doing to the Garden."

By David Masciotra | May 24, 2022

On Gentrification, Cultural Appropriation, and Community

On Gentrification, Cultural Appropriation, and Community

"More than ever, people of color are fighting back to reclaim what has been stolen from us."

By Rodrigo Ribera d'Ebre | May 23, 2022

An Interview With Tim Maskell, Location Manager for <em>Shetland</em>

An Interview With Tim Maskell, Location Manager for Shetland

“The stories of Shetland are impossible to imagine apart from their setting, steeped as they are in the islands’ brooding skies, barren landscape, and ever-present sea.”

By Frederick Weisel | May 23, 2022

On Rock and Roll and Toxic Masculinity

On Rock and Roll and Toxic Masculinity

What Charles Harper Webb's time in a rock band taught him about the struggle for power.

By Charles Harper Webb | May 18, 2022

Black and White and Noir All Over: A Brief History of Vintage Newspaper Crime Comic Strips

Black and White and Noir All Over: A Brief History of Vintage Newspaper Crime Comic Strips

Keith Roysdon on a once wildly popular, now mostly forgotten art.

By Keith Roysdon | May 13, 2022

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Poliziotteschi"> 50 Years of

50 Years of

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Poliziotteschi">50 Years of "Milano Calibro 9" and Italian Cinema's Ultra-Noir Poliziotteschi

Andrew Nette on the distinctive crime films that emerged from Italy’s anni di piombo

By Andrew Nette | May 5, 2022

Isolation as the Enemy

Isolation as the Enemy

These thrillers make use of many kinds of solitude to amp up the tension.

By Victoria Helen Stone | May 2, 2022

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

Featuring more Bosch, more Staircase, more Lincoln Lawyer, and most importantly Rosie Perez.

By Dwyer Murphy | April 29, 2022

How Dorothy B. Hughes' <em>In a Lonely Place</em> Brought a New, Disturbing Kind of Noir to the Postwar American Experience

How Dorothy B. Hughes' In a Lonely Place Brought a New, Disturbing Kind of Noir to the Postwar American Experience

Elizabeth D. Samet on the legacy of a postwar classic

By Elizabeth D. Samet | April 27, 2022

Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form

Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form

David Gordon on the long, rich history of private eyes – and why contemporary novelists keep on turning to them.

By David Gordon | April 26, 2022

Don Winslow on New England Roots, Greek Poetry, and Clams in Broth

Don Winslow on New England Roots, Greek Poetry, and Clams in Broth

With City on Fire, the author returns home and finds a new epic.

By Dwyer Murphy | April 26, 2022

Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

"It’s really a compulsion. I’d feel like I’d die if I didn’t get these stories out of me."

By Eli Cranor | April 21, 2022

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