• Noir/Hardboiled

    Passing Noir: Nine Novels That Explore Secrecy and Deception in Racial Identity

    Race, identity, and secrecy intersect in these powerful novels.

    January 5, 2021  By Zach Vasquez
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    This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

    A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

    January 4, 2021  By Dwyer Murphy
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    The Russian Pink

    Matthew Hart

    "The diamond fleet tugged and jingled at its moorings in the anchorage."

    December 30, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

    Every suit, every dress tells a story.

    December 29, 2020  By Tara Moss
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    The John Jovino Gun Shop: The Closing of a Noir Landmark in Downtown New York

    Patrolmen took target practice in the basement. Weegee snapped portraits from the fire escape. This spring, in the early days of the pandemic, the shop closed its doors for the last time.

    December 18, 2020  By Michael Cannell
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    Walter Mosley on Devil in a Blue Dress, Thirty Years Later

    "He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

    December 17, 2020  By Walter Mosley
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    Graphic Content: Into the Crime-Riddled 1980's Los Angeles of Ethan Reckless

    Ed Brubaker on private eyes, pulp thrillers, and his latest collaboration with Sean Phillips, Reckless

    December 16, 2020  By Alex Segura
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    The Lost Art of the "Cast of Characters" Lists That Opened Midcentury Mystery Novels

    Wordplay, witty insults, and the occasionally lurid remark rounded out a popular feature of paperback crime novels.

    December 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    How Many of the Greatest Crime Books of All-Time Have You Read? (Wait, Which Books?)

    Spelunking the must-read lists for crime, and checking them twice

    December 15, 2020  By Gray Basnight
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    The Best Noir Fiction of 2020

    Love, theft, and rural noir dominate this year's best noir fiction.

    December 14, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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