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Why Are So Many Crime Novels Set In The Pacific Northwest?

Why Are So Many Crime Novels Set In The Pacific Northwest?

Hint: It's all the rain, gloom, secrecy, and serial killers.

By Jason M. Hough | May 7, 2021

A Reading List For Understanding The Past, Present, and Future of Belfast

A Reading List For Understanding The Past, Present, and Future of Belfast

Northern Irish writers are making sense of a complicated history through crime fiction. Here are some of the best novels to come out of the post-conflict era.

By Sharon Dempsey | May 7, 2021

Irish Women Are Reinventing the Thriller

Irish Women Are Reinventing the Thriller

Celebrating the New Wave of Irish crime writing

By Michelle Dunne | May 5, 2021

The Art of Worldbuilding <br>In Medias Res

The Art of Worldbuilding
In Medias Res

"Your readers are very, very smart. Trust them. They will pick up those breadcrumbs of context and piece them together like nobody’s business..."

By Nicole Kornher-Stace | May 5, 2021

How to Solve Your Own Murder: The Dark Promise of 'D.O.A.'

How to Solve Your Own Murder: The Dark Promise of 'D.O.A.'

Revisiting the many iterations of a classic scenario.

By Catherine McKenzie | May 4, 2021

The 10 Greatest Movies Adapted from Crime Novels—According to a Producer and Novelist

The 10 Greatest Movies Adapted from Crime Novels—According to a Producer and Novelist

Michael Brandman, producer and crime writer, on 10 movies that perfectly honored their source material.

By Michael Brandman | April 29, 2021

Best Reviewed
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Driving in the Dark: Getaway Drivers in Fiction and the Dark Side of the American Dream

By Nick Kolakowski | April 27, 2021

The LAPD's Secret History of Citizen Spying

By Michael Nava | April 27, 2021

Denzel's Forgotten Florida Noir, "Out of Time," Is Also a Perfect Pandemic Crime Movie

By David Masciotra | April 23, 2021

Wallace Stroby on Life, Death, and Noir on the Jersey Shore

Wallace Stroby on Life, Death, and Noir on the Jersey Shore

In Heaven's a Lie, a woman's split-second decision throws her life into a desperate and electrifying tailspin.

By Cullen Gallagher | April 22, 2021

How Crime Writers Can Reimagine Public Safety Without Police

How Crime Writers Can Reimagine Public Safety Without Police

"The next wave of crime fiction could help shape the public imagination of what a world where police weren’t in charge of public safety could look like."

By Amy Suiter Clarke | April 20, 2021

James Ellroy Is Going to Host a Podcast About Los Angeles Crime—Seriously

James Ellroy Is Going to Host a Podcast About Los Angeles Crime—Seriously

"James Ellroy’s Hollywood Death Trip" drops in August.

By CrimeReads | April 19, 2021

Milan: Italy’s Capital of Style Goes Noir

Milan: Italy’s Capital of Style Goes Noir

Milan is Italy's capital of industry and fashion. It also has a long tradition of crime novels that explore the city's underbelly.

By Paul French | April 19, 2021

On Cowardice and Crime Fiction

On Cowardice and Crime Fiction

Why do we need our characters to be heroes or villains, when most in real life are somewhere in between?

By Bridget Foley | April 16, 2021

Shop Talk: William Boyle on Writing Crime Novels at 5 AM on a Casino Laptop

Shop Talk: William Boyle on Writing Crime Novels at 5 AM on a Casino Laptop

Writers talk craft, coffee, and the all-important writing routine.

By Eli Cranor | April 15, 2021

Lawrence P. Jackson, Chester Himes' Biographer, on the Iconic Harlem Detective Series

Lawrence P. Jackson, Chester Himes' Biographer, on the Iconic Harlem Detective Series

"They take no prisoners. There are no heroes. Everybody is exposed for who they are at their least desirable or least beautiful moments."

By Hopeton Hay | April 15, 2021

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