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On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

In writing a crime novel, I took inspiration from my activist forbears and their epic confrontations with the robber barons of timber.

By melissaannpeterson2 | March 16, 2020

Caroline Kepnes and Ani Katz on Using Fiction to Dissect Toxic Masculinity

Caroline Kepnes and Ani Katz on Using Fiction to Dissect Toxic Masculinity

Authors discuss misogyny, violence, and gendered expectations.

By Caroline Kepnes & Ani Katz | March 13, 2020

<em>Spenser: Confidential</em> Isn’t Your Father’s Spenser. Hell, It Isn’t Even Robert B. Parker’s Spenser.

Spenser: Confidential Isn’t Your Father’s Spenser. Hell, It Isn’t Even Robert B. Parker’s Spenser.

A new look and a new era for Boston's legendary private eye.

By Keith Roysdon | March 12, 2020

The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles

The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles

34 novels every lover of LA Noir should read as soon as humanly possible.

By Katie Orphan | March 11, 2020

Searching for James M. Cain's Los Angeles

Searching for James M. Cain's Los Angeles

Where have all the roadhouses gone?

By Katie Orphan | March 10, 2020

<em>Briarpatch</em> May Just Be the Coolest Show on TV

Briarpatch May Just Be the Coolest Show on TV

A new series returns to a bygone era of strange, slick crime fiction.

By Dwyer Murphy | March 10, 2020

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Crime and the City: Saigon

By Paul French | March 9, 2020

Michael Koryta and Alma Katsu on Horror, Craft, and Reinvention

By Michael Koryta | March 9, 2020

Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

By Peter Swanson | March 6, 2020

The Art of Letting Your Heroes Get Beat Up Now and Again

The Art of Letting Your Heroes Get Beat Up Now and Again

Sometimes the most powerful thing an author can do is kick a guy when he's down.

By John McMahon | March 6, 2020

When The Casinos Came To Atlantic City...

When The Casinos Came To Atlantic City...

Tracing the Rise and Fall of a Resort Town Reinvented as a Gambling Den

By Caitlin Mullen | March 6, 2020

Discovery and Decay: Lost in the ’90s

Discovery and Decay: Lost in the ’90s

The formative obsessions that led to a new Brooklyn Noir.

By William Boyle | March 5, 2020

The Homme Fatal: Reimagining a Noir Archetype

The Homme Fatal: Reimagining a Noir Archetype

Dangerous partners, queer icons, and a story that became a crime novel.

By Russ Thomas | March 5, 2020

Noir in the Land of Enchantment

Noir in the Land of Enchantment

"Conquered and reconquered, colonized and commodified, Santa Fe understands—from historical genocide to the murders of family members—the intimacy of violence."

By Ariel Gore | March 5, 2020

<em>Double Indemnity</em> isn’t <br>about bad people—<br>it’s about redemption

Double Indemnity isn’t
about bad people—
it’s about redemption

It's not a movie about doing terrible things, it's a movie about making mistakes (and owning up to them).

By Michael Ledwidge | March 3, 2020

William Boyle's Technicolor Brooklyn Noir

William Boyle's Technicolor Brooklyn Noir

The author's noirs capture the borough in all its madcap, desperate, violent complexity.

By Daneet Steffens | March 3, 2020

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