• Noir/Hardboiled

    The "Educated" Crime Novels of Cambridge

    In a city dominated by a famous university, students, professors, and the occasional vicar supply the mysteries.

    November 2, 2020  By Paul French
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    Five International Crime Novels You Should Read This October

    Scandinavian folk horror, weird tales from France, and an Italian mystery with a light touch.

    October 28, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    Denise Mina Is Spending Her Quarantine Watching Shoah

    The Scottish crime writer on serial killers, policing, and how to protect the most vulnerable members of society.

    October 28, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    The Great Works of Prison Fiction

    Exploring the extremes of humanity from a setting where the walls are closing in, power is twisted, and the violence is open.

    October 27, 2020  By Nicci French
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    Western Noir: Smashing Together Two Genres, What Do You Get?

    If the western is about delivering justice and noir is about the depths of the void, how can the two genres coexist?

    October 26, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Elizabeth Hand on Outsiders, Punks, and the Crime Fiction of Subcultures

    If you're not reading the Cass Neary series already, now's the time.

    October 26, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    Rubem Fonseca: Modernist Crime Fiction's Reluctant Star

    Fonseca captured the life of Rio de Janeiro like nobody else. Revisiting his work now, after his death, is an uncanny experience.

    October 23, 2020  By Ela Bittencourt
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    Toronto: Crime Fiction in North America’s Safest City

    The mystery scene is booming in Canada's largest city.

    October 19, 2020  By Paul French
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    Killing Them Softly Is the Desperate, Pitch-Black Noir That Perfectly Captures What America Has Become

    The 2012 film adapted the George V. Higgins classic and predicted the country's bleak road ahead.

    October 16, 2020  By Zach Vasquez
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    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime:
    A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    The creators of the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast on the the tricky business of fictional murder.

    October 16, 2020  By Layne Fargo
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