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New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

A major world city produces a major haul of crime fiction.

By Paul French | November 18, 2019

Crimen Latino: Latin Crime Fiction Is the Genre’s New Wave

Crimen Latino: Latin Crime Fiction Is the Genre’s New Wave

The new noir moves between borders, languages, and cultures.

By Gabino Iglesias | November 15, 2019

Brooklyn Bad Boyz: <br>The Night I Was Shot

Brooklyn Bad Boyz:
The Night I Was Shot

In 2011, Michael Gonzales was shot on his doorstep in Brooklyn. Unexpectedly, the bullet traced back to a legendary hip-hop feud.

By Michael Gonzales | November 13, 2019

Femmes Fatales<br> and the Shattering of the <br>Capitalist Dream

Femmes Fatales
and the Shattering of the
Capitalist Dream

Reconsidering a 20th century crime trope, and what it says about the evolution of noir.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 13, 2019

Six Mafia Classics You Won't Want to Miss

Six Mafia Classics You Won't Want to Miss

Leave the Gun, Take the Reading List

By Sean Rea | November 11, 2019

<em>Motherless Brooklyn</em> Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

Motherless Brooklyn Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

A postmodern '90s novel becomes a '50s noir.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 8, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Most Cathartic Moments of Movie Violence

By Zach Vasquez | November 8, 2019

What to Watch in November: Your Guide to the Month's Essential Crime TV

By Camille LeBlanc | November 8, 2019

Noah Hawley and Billy Bob Thornton Look Back at the First Season of Fargo

By Noah Hawley | November 5, 2019

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #36

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #36

Goodfellas (1990)

By Otto Penzler | November 4, 2019

Havana: A World Capital of Crime Fiction

Havana: A World Capital of Crime Fiction

Crime and the City Visits Cuba

By Paul French | November 4, 2019

Atmospheric Pressure: <br><em>The Big Sleep</em> at Eighty

Atmospheric Pressure:
The Big Sleep at Eighty

80 years ago, Raymond Chandler reinvented crime fiction with a novel that valued atmosphere—and style—above all else.

By Janet Roger | November 1, 2019

Everything You Need to Know About the World of <em>Watchmen</em>, HBO’s New Crime Drama

Everything You Need to Know About the World of Watchmen, HBO’s New Crime Drama

Yes, it is a crime drama. And it is even stranger than you've heard.

By Lincoln Michel | November 1, 2019

The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

In rural crime fiction, families are bound together like chain gangs.

By Jake Hinkson | November 1, 2019

October's Best Debut Novels

October's Best Debut Novels

Unreliable Memories, Runaway Gamines, and Haunted Coastlines

By CrimeReads | October 25, 2019

We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

Steph Cha looks at the divides of the crime writing community.

By Steph Cha | October 25, 2019

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