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    The Best Small Presses Publishing Crime Fiction Today

    The Best Small Presses Publishing Crime Fiction Today

    A celebration of the indie presses keeping crime fiction weird.

    By Gabino Iglesias | February 20, 2020

    7 Debut Novels You Should Read in February

    7 Debut Novels You Should Read in February

    Rounding up the best debut fiction in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | February 19, 2020

    Aberdeen: Granite Noir in the Granite City

    Aberdeen: Granite Noir in the Granite City

    The rise of crime fiction in Scotland's gritty northeastern city

    By Paul French | February 19, 2020

    Unreliable Narrators Who Break Every Rule We Thought We Knew

    Unreliable Narrators Who Break Every Rule We Thought We Knew

    Some narrators go beyond unreliability and change our very conception of narrative storytelling.

    By Michael Seidlinger | February 17, 2020

    True Romance: 7 Noir Love Stories

    True Romance: 7 Noir Love Stories

    This Valentine's Day, consider some noir counter-programming.

    By Nick Kolakowski | February 14, 2020

    Violent Delights, Violent Ends: 5 Savage Cinematic Visions of Romeo and Juliet

    Violent Delights, Violent Ends: 5 Savage Cinematic Visions of Romeo and Juliet

    Shakespeare's great romance is also a wickedly violent story of tribalism, vengeance, and blood.

    By Zach Vasquez | February 14, 2020

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    The Difficult Art of Ending a Crime Fiction Series

    By Steph Post | February 12, 2020

    Worldbuilding: Crime and Fantasy Books Have More in Common Than You Might Think

    By Kelly Braffet | February 11, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #33

    By Otto Penzler | February 10, 2020

    Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

    Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

    Deepa Anappara

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 7, 2020

    The Great Los Angeles Crime Novel—And the Women Who Are Revitalizing It

    The Great Los Angeles Crime Novel—And the Women Who Are Revitalizing It

    2020 Brings a Dazzling Array of Women-Authored LA Mysteries

    By Wendy Heard | February 6, 2020

    Concrete Jungle: Nairobi's Unique Brand of Noir

    Concrete Jungle: Nairobi's Unique Brand of Noir

    In a city of the displaced, searching for crime fiction is an act of excavation.

    By Peter Kimani | February 5, 2020

    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of <em>Chinatown</em>

    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of Chinatown

    The strange, unlikely events in 1969 that set Robert Towne on a course to write one of the greatest films ever made.

    By Sam Wasson | February 4, 2020

    9 Novels You Should Read In February

    9 Novels You Should Read In February

    The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | February 3, 2020

    The Crime Novels of Beirut

    The Crime Novels of Beirut

    In one of the world's oldest cities, cycles of hope and tragedy are captured in crime fiction.

    By Paul French | February 3, 2020

    An Enduring Passion for a 1970s Crime Series, and The Thrill of Discovering a Lost Novel

    An Enduring Passion for a 1970s Crime Series, and The Thrill of Discovering a Lost Novel

    Lee Goldberg on his quest to revive Ralph Dennis's Hardman series.

    By Lee Goldberg | February 3, 2020

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