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    Jean-Patrick Manchette: Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Bring a Master of French Crime Fiction to American Readers

    Jean-Patrick Manchette: Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Bring a Master of French Crime Fiction to American Readers

    Manchette's translator reflects on the legacy of an author who revolutionized French noir (twice).

    By Donald Nicholson-Smith | December 4, 2020

    Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

    Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

    She answered an ad for a secretary. She became Hitchcock's trusted screenwriter and a major power player in Hollywood.

    By Christina Lane | December 2, 2020

    The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

    The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

    A master of the short story, Ellin's detective novels are now mostly forgotten. They shouldn't be.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | December 2, 2020

    Cry Your Own Cry: Why Accra Is the Perfect City for Noir

    Cry Your Own Cry: Why Accra Is the Perfect City for Noir

    At the center of the world, an African story with a complex history and storytelling tradition turns to noir fiction.

    By Nana-Ama Danquah | December 1, 2020

    Jakarta: Indonesia’s Megalopolis of Crime

    Jakarta: Indonesia’s Megalopolis of Crime

    Crime and the City visits one of the world's most densely populated places in search of crime fiction.

    By Paul French | November 30, 2020

    Linda, Interrupted

    Linda, Interrupted

    Linda Millar's brief life was full of tragedy. Her secrets found their way into novels thanks to her celebrated parents, Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar. It's time to see who she really was.

    By Sarah Weinman | November 24, 2020

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    By Halley Sutton | November 24, 2020

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    By CrimeReads | November 20, 2020

    Graphic Content: A Walk Through the Dark Corners of the Irish Noir Graphic Novel

    Graphic Content: A Walk Through the Dark Corners of the Irish Noir Graphic Novel

    In Bog Bodies, Declan Shalvey and Gavin Fullerton give the crime comic a new, distinctly Irish lens.

    By Alex Segura | November 20, 2020

    Love and Murder with Jo Nesbø

    Love and Murder with Jo Nesbø

    The dark prince of crime fiction on family, noir, and murder in the mountain towns of Norway

    By Abby Endler | November 19, 2020

    The Classics of Miami Noir: Long on Beauty, Short on Rectitude

    The Classics of Miami Noir: Long on Beauty, Short on Rectitude

    Les Standiford explores the history of crime writing in Miami, from Zora Neale Hurston to Elmore Leonard and beyond.

    By Les Standiford | November 17, 2020

    Writing Outside Representation

    Writing Outside Representation

    E.A. Aymar talks with fellow crime writers about appropriation, and how to write across identity lines responsibly.

    By E.A. Aymar | November 12, 2020

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | November 12, 2020

    You Don't Look Like a Private Investigator

    You Don't Look Like a Private Investigator

    How a breast cancer diagnosis took Elizabeth Breck from working as a private investigator to writing about one.

    By Elizabeth Breck | November 11, 2020

    The Deadly Art of Politics

    The Deadly Art of Politics

    "History, it seemed, was one long crime novel, an endless terrain of infractions littered with culpability and cunning."

    By Jeffrey Fleishman | November 10, 2020

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