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    Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

    Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

    "On a steamy summer day, the residential streets are absent of people and can possess an unsettling quiet. Where is everyone?"

    By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett | July 8, 2021

    7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture

    7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture "The Oddness of the Moment in Question"

    Will these protagonists succumb to the rigid spaces of adulthood, or rebel and find a path all their own?

    By Rachel Donohue | July 6, 2021

    I Once Interviewed A Murderer Before He Was Caught. He Seemed Perfectly Normal.

    I Once Interviewed A Murderer Before He Was Caught. He Seemed Perfectly Normal.

    A reporter-turned-crime writer thinks back on an unsettling encounter with a killer.

    By Jackie Kabler | July 5, 2021

    The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

    The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

    In 1936, Erle Stanley Gardner was thinking of killing off his most famous character. Instead, he created a new kind of lawyer.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | July 2, 2021

    Heather Levy on Sex, Drugs, Chronic Pain, and Her New Novel

    Heather Levy on Sex, Drugs, Chronic Pain, and Her New Novel

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | July 1, 2021

    What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

    What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

    On The New Golden Age of Suburban Noir

    By Aggie Blum Thompson | July 1, 2021

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    Stop Using Public Housing For Your Misery Porn

    By Gabriel Krauze | June 30, 2021

    The PI of Color: When It’s About More Than the Crime

    By Tracy Clark | June 29, 2021

    8 Books About Dark Desires That Will Crush You

    By Heather Levy | June 29, 2021

    The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

    The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

    Obsessives and eccentrics populate the fishing world. You better know your stuff if you're going to set your crime fiction there.

    By John Galligan | June 29, 2021

    Immortalizing Jack Reacher

    Immortalizing Jack Reacher

    Authors of long-running series face a difficult question: how should their characters age?

    By J.A. Crawford | June 28, 2021

    Barry Gifford on the History of Noir and Black Lizard Books

    Barry Gifford on the History of Noir and Black Lizard Books

    In conversation with the author, screenwriter, and founding editor of Black Lizard.

    By Zach Vasquez | June 28, 2021

    June's Best International Crime Fiction

    June's Best International Crime Fiction

    Treasure hunts in Cuba, intrigue in Mexico City, and strange seductions in Japan

    By Molly Odintz | June 25, 2021

    Bosch Season 7 Preview: In a Changed World, How Should We Feel About Police Shows?

    Bosch Season 7 Preview: In a Changed World, How Should We Feel About Police Shows?

    What to expect from the new, final season of the hit series from Michael Connelly and company.

    By Keith Roysdon | June 24, 2021

    Deadpool Creator Fabian Nicieza on (Finally) Finishing His Novel

    Deadpool Creator Fabian Nicieza on (Finally) Finishing His Novel

    It only took 35 years of writing comics to learn that 35 years of writing comics would help him write his debut mystery.

    By Fabian Nicieza | June 24, 2021

    6 Debut Novels You Should Read This Month

    6 Debut Novels You Should Read This Month

    The best new debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | June 22, 2021

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