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Maybe We Read Crime Fiction Because Deep Down, We All Know We're Complicit in Crime
One author's theory for why we keep returning to crime.
By
John Galligan
| August 12, 2020
The Best Frenemies in Fiction
10 favorite works featuring complex relationships, shifting allegiances, and odd bedfellows galore.
By
E. G. Scott
| August 12, 2020
The World of Robert B. Parker's Spenser and the Birth of the 1970's Private Detective
The hardboiled protagonist who navigated both crime fiction's progressive and reactionary strands.
By
Susanna Lee
| August 11, 2020
Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 2
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
By
Otto Penzler
| August 10, 2020
The Evolution of Dave Robicheaux and the Incredible Career of James Lee Burke
For over thirty years, the spiritual Louisiana lawman has been casting a light and chasing demons.
By
David Masciotra
| August 7, 2020
The Lost Classics of One of the 20th Century's Great Hard-boiled Writers
Fifty years on, Charles Williams' novels remain almost unbearably gripping.
By
Andrew Cartmel
| August 7, 2020
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Writing with Children at Home During a Pandemic
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Jesse Kellerman
| August 5, 2020
Laura Lippman: "My Imagination Is Really Dark."
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Molly Odintz
| August 5, 2020
How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon
By
Susanna Lee
| August 4, 2020
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
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
Chinatown (1974)
By
Otto Penzler
| July 30, 2020
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
All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?
Fifty years later, Donald Westlake's passion for the logistics of crime captures our imaginations.
By
Nick Kolakowski
| July 24, 2020
Five International Crime Novels You Should Read This July
Serial killers in Spain, feminist vengeance in Scandinavia, and sci-fi noir from Cuba.
By
CrimeReads
| July 24, 2020
Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 4
The Godfather (1972)
By
Otto Penzler
| July 24, 2020
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