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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

How Today's Authors Are Reinvigorating Noir's Classic Tropes

How Today's Authors Are Reinvigorating Noir's Classic Tropes

These recent novels show that genre is in a constant state of reinvention.

By Halley Sutton | November 24, 2020

The Enduring Noir Legacy of John Cassavetes

The Enduring Noir Legacy of John Cassavetes

Cassavetes was an early hero for American indie cinema. But his influence on crime films runs just as deep.

By Zach Vasquez | November 23, 2020

5 Debut Novels You Should Read This November

5 Debut Novels You Should Read This November

The month's best debuts in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

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

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Love and Murder with Jo Nesbø

By Abby Endler | November 19, 2020

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

By Les Standiford | November 17, 2020

Writing Outside Representation

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

No Badges: Running for the Border in American Noir

No Badges: Running for the Border in American Noir

Crossing the border is deeply woven into the DNA of noir fiction. But what that border represents is ever-shifting.

By Christopher Brown | November 6, 2020

How to Gracefully Subject Your Detectives to the Vicissitudes of Time

How to Gracefully Subject Your Detectives to the Vicissitudes of Time

"A series in which the protagonist ages with the years becomes in effect a long novel, the record of a life..."

By Dominic Martell | November 5, 2020

A Few Thoughts and Speculations on the State of Irish Crime Fiction

A Few Thoughts and Speculations on the State of Irish Crime Fiction

John Connolly on the current generation of Irish crime novelists and crime readers.

By John Connolly | November 3, 2020

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The "Educated" Crime Novels of Cambridge

In a city dominated by a famous university, students, professors, and the occasional vicar supply the mysteries.

By Paul French | November 2, 2020

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