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B-More or B-Less: Meditations on <em>The Wire</em> and Baltimore

B-More or B-Less: Meditations on The Wire and Baltimore

Michael A. Gonzales on a long, complex relationship with The Wire and its depictions of Black life in Baltimore.

By Michael Gonzales | February 10, 2022

On the Coen Brothers’ Bitter, Brokenhearted Noir, <br><em>Miller’s Crossing</em>

On the Coen Brothers’ Bitter, Brokenhearted Noir,
Miller’s Crossing

Olivia Rutigliano reflects on the classic gangster film as it heads to the Criterion Collection

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 8, 2022

Sara Gran Considers The Art of Suspense

Sara Gran Considers The Art of Suspense

Or, Five Pointers to Keep Your Readers Riveted

By Sara Gran | February 8, 2022

Gone, But Not Forgotten: 12 Great Mystery Authors Readers Still Love

Gone, But Not Forgotten: 12 Great Mystery Authors Readers Still Love

Rick Bleiweiss on the dearly departed crime novelists he returns to again and again.

By Rick Bleiweiss | February 7, 2022

Shop Talk: Laura Lippman Is a Morning Writer (But the Walk Comes First)

Shop Talk: Laura Lippman Is a Morning Writer (But the Walk Comes First)

Crime writers talking routine, exercise, posture, and making sure you can punch the keys hard enough.

By Eli Cranor | February 3, 2022

Growing Up Southern Gothic

Growing Up Southern Gothic

"[B]ehind all the gilded wrapping, there is a fecund abundance of decay and degradation."

By Kristi DeMeester | January 28, 2022

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Pulp Penciller: The Noir Comics of Marshall Rogers

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Eight Mysteries with Swampy Southern Settings

Eight Mysteries with Swampy Southern Settings

"These stories are guaranteed to transport you somewhere swampy, salty and scenic."

By Stacy Wilmingham | January 21, 2022

California Son: A Conversation with T. Jefferson Parker

California Son: A Conversation with T. Jefferson Parker

In his newest novel, A Thousand Steps, Parker cements his reputation as a quintessential Southern California writer.

By Nancie Clare | January 18, 2022

Remembering Joseph Hansen's Groundbreaking Dave Brandstetter Series

Remembering Joseph Hansen's Groundbreaking Dave Brandstetter Series

"Brandstetter, you see, is a homosexual..A smart, masculine, competent, unapologetic homosexual and ace private investigator."

By Michael Nava | January 13, 2022

Vampire noir came into <br>its own 50 years ago <br>with <em>The Night Stalker</em>

Vampire noir came into
its own 50 years ago
with The Night Stalker

The 70s classic tells of gritty, down-on-his luck reporter Carl Kolchak who finds himself investigating an impossible crime.

By Keith Roysdon | January 13, 2022

Why T. Jefferson Parker Traded in the Current Day for the Psychedelic Thrills of 1968 Laguna Beach

Why T. Jefferson Parker Traded in the Current Day for the Psychedelic Thrills of 1968 Laguna Beach

Head shops, record stores, and rocky beaches are the backdrop for this transportive new novel.

By T. Jefferson Parker | January 11, 2022

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

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