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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

Los Angeles Crime Fiction:

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

For the column's centenary, Paul French visits the mecca of noir.

By Paul French | December 17, 2021

The Technicolor Noir of 'West Side Story'

The Technicolor Noir of 'West Side Story'

“Everywhere grime in America / Organized crime in America”

By Zach Vasquez | December 15, 2021

Could Guillermo del Toro’s <em>Nightmare Alley</em> Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

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

The new adaptation plays the long game and insists that it has nothing to hide.

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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

By Michael Gonzales | December 9, 2021

7 Authors Who Write Wrongful Convictions

By Robert Justice | December 9, 2021

The New Generation of African Crime Writers

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

The Underappreciated Genius of William Lindsay Gresham's <em>Nightmare Alley</em>

The Underappreciated Genius of William Lindsay Gresham's Nightmare Alley

An American classic of fear and manipulation.

By Nick Tosches | November 30, 2021

Reject Tradition and Watch a Crime Drama This Thanksgiving

Reject Tradition and Watch a Crime Drama This Thanksgiving

Who needs football and family when you could watch a moody deconstruction from William Friedkin instead?

By Celia Mattison | November 24, 2021

10 Underappreciated American Noirs of the Late 1950s and the 1960s

10 Underappreciated American Noirs of the Late 1950s and the 1960s

Andrew Nette examines the largely forgotten period of American cinema that came between classic film noir and 1970s neo-noir.

By Andrew Nette | November 23, 2021

Respect the Dead. Write More Realistic Fiction.

Respect the Dead. Write More Realistic Fiction.

"The fantasy unpacks itself weekly from red Panavision trucks, spitting distance from the courthouse in downtown Brooklyn where I work."

By Robert Reuland | November 23, 2021

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