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Noir/Hardboiled
Rethinking the Meaning of "Border Noir"
"Borders, like crime novels, let people be in many places at once: the familiar, the unfamiliar and the space between the two."
By
Alex Gilly
| July 14, 2020
10 New Books Coming Out
This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
By
CrimeReads
| July 13, 2020
Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 8
Out of the Past (1947)
By
Otto Penzler
| July 13, 2020
The Massively Popular, Mostly Forgotten Craze for American Style Noir in WWII-Era Britain
In 1939, amidst violence and wartime shortages, one hardboiled noir took the nation by storm, provoked moral outrage, and inspired legions of imitators.
By
Andrew Nette
| July 9, 2020
A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction
"The first well-drawn, fully-developed queer women characters I ever encountered were in the pages of crime fiction."
By
Kristen Lepionka
| July 8, 2020
Breathing Through the Wound
Víctor del Árbol
By
CrimeReads Excerpts
| July 7, 2020
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 9
By
Otto Penzler
| July 6, 2020
My Writing Will Never Be as Good as Charles Willeford's
By
Chip Mosher
| July 3, 2020
Let It Bleed: Anti-heroes at the crossroads of crime fiction and popular music
By
S.W. Lauden
| June 29, 2020
Ottessa Moshfegh on Dreams, Nightmares, and a Rediscovered Novel
The author of some of the darkest, most disturbing novels in years wants people to know: she's not April Ludgate.
By
Michael Seidlinger
| June 24, 2020
The Uneasy Noirs of
Stephen King
From Bachman to The Outsider, King revels in subtly subverting the rules of mystery.
By
Nick Kolakowski
| June 22, 2020
There Are More Crime Books with Girl in the Title Than We Ever Imagined
The Great Disambiguation Project marches on through a crowded field of "girl" books.
By
Lisa Levy
| June 22, 2020
Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs
She wrote some of the greatest crime movies in Hollywood's Golden Age. Today, we know almost nothing about her.
By
Chris McGinley
| June 19, 2020
Writers Under Lockdown: Surviving (and Writing) During a Pandemic
Is anyone getting any writing done these days? Contributors to a new anthology share stories of creativity, inspiration, and outrage.
By
Nick Kolakowski
| June 15, 2020
We're on a Mission to Help You Parse Through All the Crime Books with 'Girl' in the Title
The third installment of The Great Disambiguation Project
By
Lisa Levy
| June 15, 2020
A Small Nevada Town Inspires a Crime Novel and a Personal Reckoning
Envy and relief in small town America.
By
Heather Young
| June 9, 2020
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