• Noir/Hardboiled

    Five Mystery Novels Set in Speculative Worlds

    "But what if in addition to discovering things about the crime, you were also discovering things about a new and speculative world at the same time?"

    July 8, 2022  By B. L. Blanchard
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    The Detective at Leisure: 8 Books In Which Characters Solve Crimes While On Vacation

    Sarah Stewart Taylor on the beloved trope of the Busman's Holiday.

    July 7, 2022  By Sarah Stewart Taylor
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    Shop Talk: James Kestrel on Writing Novels During Lunch in Quiet Honolulu Bars

    Crime writers talking writing routines, revision, and finding the right bar atmosphere for an epic crime novel.

    July 7, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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    Jason Starr on Satire, Alternate Realities, and Failing Marriages

    Starr discusses his new reality-bending, Philip K. Dick inspired crime novel.

    July 1, 2022  By Scott Adlerberg
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    Cheryl Head On Using Crime Fiction To Tell The Story of Her Grandfather's Murder

    Read an interview with Cheryl Head and see a cover reveal of her new novel, Time's Undoing

    June 30, 2022  By Kellye Garrett
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    What Makes Los Angeles The Perfect Noir Setting?

    "Los Angeles is a net of light cast over a thicket of infraction."

    June 28, 2022  By Jeffrey Fleishman
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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."

    June 27, 2022  By Alanna Schubach
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    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

    June 27, 2022  By Paul French
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    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.

    June 22, 2022  By Jon Bassoff
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    Aya de León and Cleyvis Natera On Gentrification, Justice, and Latinx Fiction

    "I often envision a world where borders don’t exist."

    June 21, 2022  By Aya de Leon
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