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Justice for the Invisibles, by the Invisibles: A Brief History of Nontraditional Voices in Crime Fiction
American crime stories featuring poor people and nontraditional voices are as old as Poe’s Dupin. And now, they're finally trending.
By
Christopher Chambers
| October 14, 2020
Snapshots in the Life of a Criminal Data Analyst
"While the cops are in the wireroom listening live for the street hustle, I’m at my desk with my herbal tea, listening to recorded calls. Tracing the money."
By
Brian Selfon
| October 14, 2020
How Edward Hopper’s Stony Blonde Became a Noir Icon
On The Femme Fatale Who Flipped the Script
By
Stephanie Kane
| October 14, 2020
No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Mid-century pulps featuring women in love were meant to titillate straight men, but soon found their way to a lesbian audience desperate for representation.
By
Chloe Maveal
| October 12, 2020
James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing
Craft lessons distilled from one of crime fiction's all-time greats.
By
Dwyer Murphy
| October 12, 2020
How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters
"So he names us and he says okay start talking."
By
Dwyer Murphy
| October 9, 2020
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox
By
Curtis Evans
| October 8, 2020
The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life
By
Lisa Unger
| October 8, 2020
The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's "Jukebox Killer"
By
Andrew Nette
| October 7, 2020
Why I'm Proud to Have My Books Called "Crime Fiction"
For poor folks, crime is sometimes the only option.
By
Bryn Greenwood
| October 6, 2020
Why Most Con Artist Stories Are Also About Social Class
"Are we more likely to excuse fraud—or enjoy depictions of it—committed in the name of 'the finer things in life'?"
By
Emily Gray Tedrowe
| October 2, 2020
A Long Tradition of Darkly Humorous Crime Fiction
Satire and humor have long had an important role to play in crime novels. These authors use transgressive laughs to enhance their art.
By
Thomas H. Carry
| October 1, 2020
Alison Stine on Dystopian Nightmares and Her New "Climate Chaos" Thriller
This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast
By
Unlikeable Female Characters
| September 30, 2020
Crime and the City: Palermo, Sicily
Exploring the crime literature of an ancient city plagued by corruption and organized crime.
By
Paul French
| September 28, 2020
Jim Thompson Is The Cynical Voice of Reason We Need In This Dumpster Fire of a Year
"Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle."
By
Molly Odintz
| September 27, 2020
Why Writers Are Always in Pursuit of the Maltese Falcon
Ninety years later, the draw of Hammett's mysterious bird statuette remains strong, especially for writers.
By
Gordon McAlpine
| September 25, 2020
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