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    Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

    Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

    In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

    By Craig Pittman | January 8, 2021

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021

    89 mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels to get you through the year.

    By Molly Odintz | January 7, 2021

    My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

    My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

    Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

    By Rick Pullen | January 7, 2021

    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Fifty years later, the investigation into the mysterious death of actor George Reeves, TV's Superman, still resonates.

    By Sabina Stent | January 7, 2021

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    Irving "Gangi" Cohen: The Man Who Escaped Murder, Inc. and Hid Out in the Movies

    Nobody saw Cohen back in Brooklyn. Until a few gangsters went to the movies and saw their old colleague on the silver screen.

    By Michael Cannell | January 6, 2021

    PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

    PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

    If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

    By Kim Green | January 6, 2021

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    By David Masciotra | January 5, 2021

    Passing Noir: Nine Novels That Explore Secrecy and Deception in Racial Identity

    By Zach Vasquez | January 5, 2021

    This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

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    The Russian Pink

    The Russian Pink

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    Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

    Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

    Every suit, every dress tells a story.

    By Tara Moss | December 29, 2020

    The John Jovino Gun Shop: The Closing of a Noir Landmark in Downtown New York

    The John Jovino Gun Shop: The Closing of a Noir Landmark in Downtown New York

    Patrolmen took target practice in the basement. Weegee snapped portraits from the fire escape. This spring, in the early days of the pandemic, the shop closed its doors for the last time.

    By Michael Cannell | December 18, 2020

    Walter Mosley on <em>Devil in a Blue Dress</em>, Thirty Years Later

    Walter Mosley on Devil in a Blue Dress, Thirty Years Later

    "He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

    By Walter Mosley | December 17, 2020

    Graphic Content: Into the Crime-Riddled 1980's Los Angeles of Ethan Reckless

    Graphic Content: Into the Crime-Riddled 1980's Los Angeles of Ethan Reckless

    Ed Brubaker on private eyes, pulp thrillers, and his latest collaboration with Sean Phillips, Reckless

    By Alex Segura | December 16, 2020

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    The Lost Art of the "Cast of Characters" Lists That Opened Midcentury Mystery Novels

    Wordplay, witty insults, and the occasionally lurid remark rounded out a popular feature of paperback crime novels.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | December 15, 2020

    How Many of the Greatest Crime Books of All-Time Have You Read? (Wait, Which Books?)

    How Many of the Greatest Crime Books of All-Time Have You Read? (Wait, Which Books?)

    Spelunking the must-read lists for crime, and checking them twice

    By Gray Basnight | December 15, 2020

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