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A Hard World for Little Things: 10 Dark Stories of Kids in Peril

A Hard World for Little Things: 10 Dark Stories of Kids in Peril

It's an old story, and among the most powerful we can tell.

By Zach Vasquez | December 6, 2019

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

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

The best thrillers, noir, and true crime docs arriving this month.

By Camille LeBlanc | December 6, 2019

The Noir Sensibility of Tom Waits, in 10 Songs

The Noir Sensibility of Tom Waits, in 10 Songs

Lowlifes, Desperados, Ex-Cons, and Junkies

By Tanner Tafelski | December 6, 2019

The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Film Noir

The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Film Noir

From moral disruptor, to crazy b----, to the anti-heroine of our century: an ode to femmes fatales through the ages.

By Halley Sutton | December 5, 2019

On the Benefits of Building a Book Series Out of a Community of Characters

On the Benefits of Building a Book Series Out of a Community of Characters

Changing protagonists can set a writer—and a reader—free.

By Allen Eskens | December 5, 2019

Blowback: Late 1960s and ’70s Pulp and Popular Fiction about the Vietnam War

Blowback: Late 1960s and ’70s Pulp and Popular Fiction about the Vietnam War

When soldiers returned home, a new wave of crime fiction captured the trauma—and the moral abyss.

By Andrew Nette | December 3, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Rediscovering Dorothy B. Hughes' Brutal Hollywood Take-Down, Dread Journey

By Sarah Weinman | December 3, 2019

9 Books You Should Read in December

By CrimeReads | December 2, 2019

Alaska: Northern Noir

By Paul French | December 2, 2019

Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead

Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead

A wide-ranging conversation with the author and filmmaker.

By Michael Seidlinger | December 2, 2019

Matthew McBride on Working Class Stories and the Future of Pulp Fiction

Matthew McBride on Working Class Stories and the Future of Pulp Fiction

Digging into the career of a cult favorite.

By Max Booth III | December 2, 2019

The Best and Most Binge-Worthy Thrillers for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

The Best and Most Binge-Worthy Thrillers for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

So Many Thrillers to Watch, So Many Leftovers to Eat

By Camille LeBlanc | November 27, 2019

Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

Our Boys From Jefferson Street: Reckoning with the Murder of Jimmy Hoffa and a Culture of Tarnished Men

Mauro Altamura signed up as an extra on 'The Irishman'—he'd been struggling with the legacy of the Hoffa killing for 50 years.

By Mauro Altamura | November 27, 2019

Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War

Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War

I thought I had emerged from my Northern Irish childhood unscathed. It took me years to realize that wasn’t true.

By Michael Hughes | November 26, 2019

A Tale of Two Sex Worker <br>Heist Stories

A Tale of Two Sex Worker
Heist Stories

Aya de Leon on Hustlers, social justice, and the complicated intersection of feminism and crime.

By Aya de Leon | November 21, 2019

Europe Is Obsessed With These Crime Series—You Will Be, Too

Europe Is Obsessed With These Crime Series—You Will Be, Too

A look at the best crime TV shows Europeans are watching now.

By Paul French | November 21, 2019

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