• Noir/Hardboiled

    The Perfect Beers to Pair with Your Favorite Crime Novels

    Reading some noir? Try some double IPA. And if you're making your way through a Poirot, you must have a Belgian Stout.

    August 12, 2021  By Steven Tingle
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    A New Wave of Crime Fiction Explores Collective Guilt and Individual Complicity

    Crime fiction is working to represent a more abstract antagonist—institutions and ideologies that perpetuate violence—and a harder-to-pin form of guilt: complicity.

    August 10, 2021  By Ashley Winstead
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    The Rise of Welsh Crime Fiction

    A country of just over three million people is producing a good deal of the world's most addictive crime fiction.

    August 9, 2021  By Paul French
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    The Bleakest Noir: A List of Ultra-Dark Thrillers

    "Noir demands that we consider the problem of the irredeemable...and bear witness to their humanity."

    August 5, 2021  By Kate Myles
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    How Surf Noir Changed My Life

    Discover Kem Nunn. Discover the power of riding waves. Nothing will ever be the same.

    August 4, 2021  By David M. Olsen
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    The Photographers Who Inspire Megan Abbott

    From Weegee, to Gordon Parks, to Nan Goldin, these photographers capture the essence of noir.

    August 3, 2021  By Megan Abbott
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    What Life Was Really Like for a Private Detective in the 1970s

    Telephone directories, street maps, pay phones, and CB radios were the tools of the PI trade back in the 1970s.

    August 2, 2021  By James V. Irving
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    1980s Noir Films Are Better Than 1940s Noir Films: Discuss.

    1980s crime films are more sophisticated than their 1940s predecessors. But are they better?

    July 30, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    The Dark History of The Indian Runner, Sean Penn's Meditation on American Violence, By Way of Bruce Springsteen

    In 1982, Penn was dating Springsteen's sister and became obsessed with the Nebraska track, "Highway Patrolman."

    July 30, 2021  By David Masciotra
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    Rain City Rediscovered: Why Crime Novelists Are Drawn to Seattle

    Glen Erik Hamilton returns to his hometown of Seattle to find nothing is where he left it.

    July 28, 2021  By Glen Erik Hamilton
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