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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

Crime and the City: Saigon

Crime and the City: Saigon

In the long shadow of Graham Greene's The Quiet American, a city's crime fiction scene thrives.

By Paul French | March 9, 2020

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

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

Two authors discuss their greatest fears and the weight of history

By Michael Koryta | March 9, 2020

Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

Reading and re-reading mystery novels in pursuit of the platonic ideal of the undetectable, unsolvable crime.

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

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When The Casinos Came To Atlantic City...

By Caitlin Mullen | March 6, 2020

Discovery and Decay: Lost in the ’90s

By William Boyle | March 5, 2020

The Homme Fatal: Reimagining a Noir Archetype

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

How to Write Believable, Realistic, and Responsible Violence

How to Write Believable, Realistic, and Responsible Violence

A thriller author shares 7 lessons for writing violence.

By Ed Ruggero | March 3, 2020

David Goodis' Bleak, Beautiful Vision of Humanity

David Goodis' Bleak, Beautiful Vision of Humanity

Celebrating the clear-sighted vision of an author who saw the best in humanity at its worst.

By Molly Odintz | March 2, 2020

The 5 Best Books About Dysfunctional Rich Families

The 5 Best Books About Dysfunctional Rich Families

"They may have a lot more money than me, you think, but at least they’re unhappy."

By Joseph Finder | February 26, 2020

These Famous Noirs and Mysteries Were Inspired by Real-Life Crimes

These Famous Noirs and Mysteries Were Inspired by Real-Life Crimes

Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, and other greats who found inspiration in real crimes.

By Nick Kolakowski | February 21, 2020

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