• Noir/Hardboiled

    Writing About Life in Appalachia, Chris Offutt Felt He Was Always a Crime Novelist

    A long literary journey, starting with a bookmobile in the hills.

    June 15, 2021  By Chris Offutt
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    ‘The Limey’: How Steven Soderbergh Subverted the Classic Revenge Film

    An inspired narrative choice and an unusual structure were just the start of what separates this 1999 neo-noir from others in the genre.

    June 14, 2021  By Nick Kolakowski
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    24 Queer Crime Novels to Read All Year Long

    Celebrate Pride Month with gay thrillers, lesbian mysteries, and queer crime fiction galore!

    June 10, 2021  By Molly Odintz
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    Shop Talk: Ace Atkins Writes on a 40-Year Old Keyboard and Doesn’t Believe in Word Counts

    Crime writers talking writing routines, long walks, and good coffee.

    June 10, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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    The Scottish Anthropologist Who Inspired Dracula

    Meet Emily Gerard, the travel writer who gave Bram Stoker the term "Nosferatu."

    June 9, 2021  By Laurie R. King
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    The Shark-Infested Waters of Hawaiian Detective Fiction

    The history of detective novels set in Hawai`i is long and exceedingly complex. Where is it all headed?

    June 9, 2021  By Eric Redman
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    Behind the Pine Curtain: East Texas’s Growing Influence on Crime Fiction

    How East Texas has established itself as a major force within American Noir.

    June 8, 2021  By James Wade
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    Tangier: Spies, Smugglers, and Writers in the International City

    Crime and the City visits Morocco's northern port, where there's a long legacy of art and intrigue.

    June 7, 2021  By Paul French
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    Six Novels to Immerse Yourself in the Vibes of the Past

    From historical fiction to contemporary noir, books that capture the essence of history.

    June 7, 2021  By Nekesa Afia
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    The Unjustly Forgotten Crime Novels of John Sanford, Midcentury America's Radical Jewish Conscience

    He was a lawyer, a novelist, a committed Communist, a progenitor of rural noir, and a blacklisted screenwriter. Through it all, John Sanford kept on reinventing himself.

    June 5, 2021  By Jack Mearns
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