• Noir/Hardboiled

    Shop Talk: Eli Cranor Goes Down to the Basement, Looks out at True Grit Country, and Dreams of Elmore Leonard

    It was a long journey from coaching football to his breakout debut novel, but there's no doubting it: Eli Cranor has arrived.

    March 22, 2022  By Dwyer Murphy
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    Black Sunset: New Essential Horror Reads from the American West

    "There’s scares in them thar hills. You just have to know how to find them."

    March 22, 2022  By Matthew Lyons
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    Books that Smash the Patriarchy

    Spend Women's History Month with these thrillers that center women's experiences.

    March 22, 2022  By Jayne Cowie
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    The Private Eye As Family Man

    How The Long Kiss Goodnight and The Last Boy Scout Brought the PI Film into the ‘90s

    March 21, 2022  By Sam Wiebe
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    How Being A Civil Rights Attorney Influenced My Crime Fiction

    Author and community activist Veronica Gutierrez reflects on the hard lessons learned from her time working as a civil rights lawyer.

    March 21, 2022  By Veronica Gutierrez
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    Is “The Counselor” Cormac McCarthy’s Overlooked Masterpiece?

    The 2013 noir was a mostly derided flop. But what if it's actually one of McCarthy's more brilliant works?

    March 18, 2022  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Six Narrators with Unusual Perspectives

    An unborn child, an old badger, an intelligent mannequin, and other unfamiliar viewpoints in fiction.

    March 18, 2022  By Silje Ulstein
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    None of Us Will See Heaven: The Eight Best Irish-American Mob Films of All Time

    Is there any scene of screen violence that wouldn't be better if 'Danny Boy' were playing on a gramophone in the background?

    March 17, 2022  By Zack Budryk
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    The Elements of a Comic Book Noir Novel

    Alex Segura unearths the #comicbookdna of his latest, Secret Identity

    March 17, 2022  By Alex Segura
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    Alex Segura Explains Why His Entire Life Was Leading up to the Creation of a Comic Book Noir Set in 1970s New York

    The author of Secret Identity talks with David Gordon about New York, working in comics, and capturing an era.

    March 15, 2022  By David Gordon
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