• Noir/Hardboiled

    Milan: Italy’s Capital of Style Goes Noir

    Milan is Italy's capital of industry and fashion. It also has a long tradition of crime novels that explore the city's underbelly.

    April 19, 2021  By Paul French
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    On Cowardice and Crime Fiction

    Why do we need our characters to be heroes or villains, when most in real life are somewhere in between?

    April 16, 2021  By Bridget Foley
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    Shop Talk: William Boyle on Writing Crime Novels at 5 AM on a Casino Laptop

    Writers talk craft, coffee, and the all-important writing routine.

    April 15, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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    Lawrence P. Jackson, Chester Himes' Biographer, on the Iconic Harlem Detective Series

    "They take no prisoners. There are no heroes. Everybody is exposed for who they are at their least desirable or least beautiful moments."

    April 15, 2021  By Hopeton Hay
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    Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s

    The author of the Harry McCoy novels talks about conjuring up a city and an era.

    April 9, 2021  By Peter Handel
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    The Importance of Food in Fiction

    "Food denotes place. Food, from production to preparation to consumption involves all the senses."

    April 6, 2021  By Michael Sears
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    A Brief Moral History of Online Poker

    In the midst of the late aughts Financial Crisis, online poker reached its zenith. By 2013, the Golden Age of gaming was over. What happened?

    April 6, 2021  By Dario Diofebi
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    The Relationships Were What Made 'Justified' Truly Special—They're Why We're Still Watching Today

    Over six seasons, 'Justified' explored the complex, twisted roots of Elmore Leonard's distinct vision of Harlan County.

    April 2, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    Few Films Understand the History of Blackmail and Queer Criminalization Better than Basil Dearden’s Victim

    This classic noir, starring icon Dirk Bogarde, uses the conventions of melodrama and detective cinema to explore a persisting crime: the extortion of queer men

    April 1, 2021  By Victoria Wiet
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    Why Are Writers Drawn to Texas as a Setting?

    Some thriller authors are born to write about Texas, while others find themselves drawn in from far away.

    March 31, 2021  By Laura Griffin
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