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Welcome to Extinction City: Inside The Lawless Zones That Provide Safe Harbor for International Animal Traffickers

Welcome to Extinction City: Inside The Lawless Zones That Provide Safe Harbor for International Animal Traffickers

"How animals are trafficked is only one of the best-kept secrets of the international criminal underworld."

By Will Staples | March 30, 2021

Comfort in the Uncomfortable: How Christopher Nolan Uses Noir to Get Weird

Comfort in the Uncomfortable: How Christopher Nolan Uses Noir to Get Weird

For decades, Nolan has been playing with the tropes of noir and daring viewers to go somewhere unexpected.

By Nick Kolakowski | March 26, 2021

The Best New Books Out in Paperback This March

The Best New Books Out in Paperback This March

Wondering what to pick for book club? Try one of these affordable, buzz-worthy titles.

By CrimeReads | March 26, 2021

An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?

An Anti-Hero Who Poses a Question: Who Are The Real Criminals In The Opioid Epidemic?

"The opioid epidemic is a web that has been carefully created and meticulously woven by healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies, politicians, lawmakers and legislators."

By Christina McDonald | March 22, 2021

What Exactly Is Texas Noir?

What Exactly Is Texas Noir?

"A sense of place cannot be underestimated. Texas, for better or worse, and often the latter, is its own place...The word "Texas" is as much an adjectival accelerant as is noir."

By Rod Davis | March 19, 2021

Cutter and Bone: Two Masterpieces Deserve Their Proper Due

Cutter and Bone: Two Masterpieces Deserve Their Proper Due

Four decades on, Newton Thornburg's novel and the Ivan Passer adaptation still resonate as a defining vision of modern America.

By Zach Vasquez | March 19, 2021

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Fifty Years Later, Get Carter Is Still the Iconic British Gangster Film

By Andrew Nette | March 18, 2021

Why Are We Obsessed With Psychopaths?

By Nadine Matheson | March 18, 2021

Ten Pulp Crime Authors Recommended By Stephen King

By Hard Case Crime | March 18, 2021

Five Novels About Solving Crimes in Native Communities

Five Novels About Solving Crimes in Native Communities

These books are about crimes. But they're also about laughter, love, loyalty, and healing.

By Angeline Boulley | March 17, 2021

Discover the Weird, Mythical, Mystical World of <em>Fire Bones</em>

Discover the Weird, Mythical, Mystical World of Fire Bones

William Boyle on a new transmedia work steeped in noir and Deep South carnivalesque

By William Boyle | March 15, 2021

How Marilyn Monroe's Death Ushered in a Dark New Era of Celebrity

How Marilyn Monroe's Death Ushered in a Dark New Era of Celebrity

The death of a celebrity offers a chance to be a spectator, indulging in a kind of morbid curiosity bordering on fetishization.

By Ava Barry | March 15, 2021

Six Riveting Tales of Ultra-Competitive Parents

Six Riveting Tales of Ultra-Competitive Parents

Any parent wants the best for their child, but these parents will do anything to secure their children's futures.

By Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman | March 15, 2021

Eight Dark Novels of Love and Obsession, Against A Mediterranean Backdrop

Eight Dark Novels of Love and Obsession, Against A Mediterranean Backdrop

"You can’t have a gothic story without an obsession. And what is falling in love but obsession personified? No, deified?"

By J. T. Ellison | March 9, 2021

A (Big) Dig Into the Roots of Boston Noir

A (Big) Dig Into the Roots of Boston Noir

Private eyes, priests, and public corruption. Boston has a noir all its own and a decades-long tradition.

By Luke Poling | March 5, 2021

Sara Paretsky on Dorothy B. Hughes and the Meaning of 'Noir'

Sara Paretsky on Dorothy B. Hughes and the Meaning of 'Noir'

In Hughes's Ride the Pink Horse, a disturbing portrait of human suffering—and sometimes kindness.

By Sara Paretsky | March 2, 2021

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