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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

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

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How to Gracefully Subject Your Detectives to the Vicissitudes of Time

By Dominic Martell | November 5, 2020

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

By John Connolly | November 3, 2020

The "Educated" Crime Novels of Cambridge

By Paul French | November 2, 2020

Five International Crime Novels You Should Read This October

Five International Crime Novels You Should Read This October

Scandinavian folk horror, weird tales from France, and an Italian mystery with a light touch.

By Molly Odintz | October 28, 2020

Denise Mina Is Spending Her Quarantine Watching <em>Shoah</em>

Denise Mina Is Spending Her Quarantine Watching Shoah

The Scottish crime writer on serial killers, policing, and how to protect the most vulnerable members of society.

By Molly Odintz | October 28, 2020

The Great Works of Prison Fiction

The Great Works of Prison Fiction

Exploring the extremes of humanity from a setting where the walls are closing in, power is twisted, and the violence is open.

By Nicci French | October 27, 2020

Western Noir: Smashing Together Two Genres, What Do You Get?

Western Noir: Smashing Together Two Genres, What Do You Get?

If the western is about delivering justice and noir is about the depths of the void, how can the two genres coexist?

By Nick Kolakowski | October 26, 2020

Elizabeth Hand on Outsiders, Punks, and the Crime Fiction of Subcultures

Elizabeth Hand on Outsiders, Punks, and the Crime Fiction of Subcultures

If you're not reading the Cass Neary series already, now's the time.

By Lisa Levy | October 26, 2020

Rubem Fonseca: Modernist Crime Fiction's Reluctant Star

Rubem Fonseca: Modernist Crime Fiction's Reluctant Star

Fonseca captured the life of Rio de Janeiro like nobody else. Revisiting his work now, after his death, is an uncanny experience.

By Ela Bittencourt | October 23, 2020

Toronto: Crime Fiction in North America’s Safest City

Toronto: Crime Fiction in North America’s Safest City

The mystery scene is booming in Canada's largest city.

By Paul French | October 19, 2020

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