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    Do People Really Know What They Think They Know about Cornell Woolrich?

    Do People Really Know What They Think They Know about Cornell Woolrich?

    Biographies have characterized Cornell Woolrich as a self-hating gay man who mistreated women and was far too close to his mother. The truth is much more complicated.

    By Curtis Evans | January 10, 2022

    How A Senate Investigation Sparked a Midcentury Wave of Gangster Noir

    How A Senate Investigation Sparked a Midcentury Wave of Gangster Noir

    The Kefauver Committee, broadcast on television, sparked an insatiable appetite for crime stories in 1950s America.

    By Robert Miklitsch | January 3, 2022

    The Best Crime Movies of 2021

    The Best Crime Movies of 2021

    Dueling knights, mysterious heists, conflicted informants, and autophilic serial killers.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | December 22, 2021

    Rat Pack Crime Cinema

    Rat Pack Crime Cinema

    From 1960 to 1980, Sinatra, Martin, Davis Jr. and company extended their stardom with a strange, surprising run of movies.

    By Richie Narvaez | December 21, 2021

    How the Complex History of the Lower East Side Inspired Richard Price's <em>Lush Life</em>

    How the Complex History of the Lower East Side Inspired Richard Price's Lush Life

    Gentrification and uprooted communities were at the heart of this modern New York classic.

    By Thomas Heise | December 21, 2021

    The Best Noir Fiction of 2021

    The Best Noir Fiction of 2021

    Celebrating new noirs from Walter Mosley, Laura McHugh, David Peace, and more.

    By CrimeReads | December 17, 2021

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    Los Angeles Crime Fiction: "Crime and the City" Turns 100

    By Paul French | December 17, 2021

    The Technicolor Noir of 'West Side Story'

    By Zach Vasquez | December 15, 2021

    Could Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

    By Olivia Rutigliano | December 14, 2021

    Mannix Was Vintage TV’s Perfect Savvy PI

    Mannix Was Vintage TV’s Perfect Savvy PI

    From 1967 to 1975, the heyday of the checked sport coat, Joe Mannix was on the case.

    By Keith Roysdon | December 10, 2021

    Poor, Black and in Real Trouble: The Baltimore Noir of Jerome Dyson Wright

    Poor, Black and in Real Trouble: The Baltimore Noir of Jerome Dyson Wright

    The life and times of a street lit pioneer.

    By Michael Gonzales | December 9, 2021

    7 Authors Who Write Wrongful Convictions

    7 Authors Who Write Wrongful Convictions

    Robert Justice on fiction that takes a hard look at the epidemic of wrongful convictions in America.

    By Robert Justice | December 9, 2021

    The New Generation of African Crime Writers

    The New Generation of African Crime Writers

    Femi Kayode, Ameera Patel, Chanette Paul, Kwei Quartey, Bryony Rheam, and Michael Stanley on all things crime fiction in Africa.

    By Joanne Hichens | December 8, 2021

    The Thrill of Discovering the Novels of Fredric Brown

    The Thrill of Discovering the Novels of Fredric Brown

    Lawrence Block remembers a world of books and an author whose unusual fiction stands the test of time.

    By Lawrence Block | December 7, 2021

    S.A. Cosby on the Conversation Around Policing in America – And Why It Needs to Change

    S.A. Cosby on the Conversation Around Policing in America – And Why It Needs to Change

    A new crime fiction anthology looks at police oppression.

    By S. A. Cosby | December 2, 2021

    Shop Talk: Alex Segura Is Always Writing, Even When He's Not

    Shop Talk: Alex Segura Is Always Writing, Even When He's Not

    Crime writers talking routine, revision, and knocking out fifteen good minutes while the kids are napping.

    By Eli Cranor | December 2, 2021

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