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Laura Lippman: "My Imagination Is Really Dark."

The author opens up about parenting, aging, choosing happiness, and exploring her dark, twisted imagination.

By Molly Odintz | August 5, 2020

How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

After an era of gentleman detectives, Hammett brought the world a detective grounded in (and ground down by) hard-edged reality.

By Susanna Lee | August 4, 2020

Finding Room for Black Hope, Black Justice, and Black Love in Noir Fiction

Finding Room for Black Hope, Black Justice, and Black Love in Noir Fiction

To discover noir's anti-racist potential, Alaya Dawn Johnson had to wrestle with its racist classics.

By Alaya Dawn Johnson | July 31, 2020

Complicated, Dangerous, Toxic, and Sometimes Beautiful: Male Friendships in Crime Fiction

Complicated, Dangerous, Toxic, and Sometimes Beautiful: Male Friendships in Crime Fiction

Crime novels allow us to explore the complexities of relationships between men.

By David Bell | July 31, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #3

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #3

Chinatown (1974)

By Otto Penzler | July 30, 2020

How Film Noir Will Forever Change Your Worldview

How Film Noir Will Forever Change Your Worldview

Decades later, Loren D. Estleman is still under the spell of that essential art form: the film noir.

By Loren D. Estleman | July 28, 2020

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By Nick Kolakowski | July 24, 2020

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By CrimeReads | July 24, 2020

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By Otto Penzler | July 24, 2020

On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit</em>

On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Robert Zemeckis's visually stunning wild ride through cartoons is also a breakneck excoriation of disenfranchisement.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 23, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 5

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 5

The Godfather, Part II (1974)

By Otto Penzler | July 23, 2020

The Binge-Read: 10 Iconic Crime Fiction Series of the 1970s

The Binge-Read: 10 Iconic Crime Fiction Series of the 1970s

Time to read your way through the modern history of crime novels.

By CrimeReads | July 22, 2020

The Evolution of Dennis Lehane

The Evolution of Dennis Lehane

How the acclaimed author's work has transformed through the decades, bringing readers some of the era's most powerful noirs.

By Keith Roysdon | July 22, 2020

Rethinking The American Home Front During World War II

Rethinking The American Home Front During World War II

8 mysteries that explore the simmering tensions and contradictions of the war at home.

By Paul D. Marks | July 22, 2020

Puppies

Puppies

Maurizio Giovanni

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 22, 2020

Pain Is Universal—That's What Binds All of Crime Fiction Together

Pain Is Universal—That's What Binds All of Crime Fiction Together

From traditional mysteries to hardboiled noirs to psychological thrillers, there's a thread of pain through the books we love.

By S. A. Cosby | July 21, 2020

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