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    Simon Spurrier on The Best Crime Comics, and Why We Need More Crossover Readers

    Simon Spurrier on The Best Crime Comics, and Why We Need More Crossover Readers

    Spurrier makes the case for bringing together readers of crime novel and crime comics.

    By Simon Spurrier | July 24, 2025

    The Dirty Work: The On-Going Romance Between Sex Work and Crime Fiction

    The Dirty Work: The On-Going Romance Between Sex Work and Crime Fiction

    David Gordon on a long tradition of entanglement.

    By David Gordon | July 22, 2025

    One Morning in Auckland

    One Morning in Auckland

    A glimpse of the city, through the eyes of Hana Westerman, the main character in Michael Bennett's New Zealand-set crime series.

    By Michael Bennett | July 15, 2025

    American Carnage: Hammett's Red Harvest and Mass Violence in the United States

    American Carnage: Hammett's Red Harvest and Mass Violence in the United States

    "The intensity of the mass violence which afflicted the United States in the years following World War One is truly remarkable"

    By Curtis Evans | July 14, 2025

    Michael Robotham On Why We Love Stories About Gangsters

    Michael Robotham On Why We Love Stories About Gangsters

    Family. Loyalty. Success. Prosperity. How did mobsters come to represent the American Dream?

    By Michael Robotham | July 10, 2025

    Thom Mount on Hollywood, Fixers, and a Town Full of Secrets

    Thom Mount on Hollywood, Fixers, and a Town Full of Secrets

    The former president of Universal Pictures has his debut novel, and it's full of insider stories and secrets.

    By Terry McDonell | June 25, 2025

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    How To Write About the Very Recent Past In a Rapidly Changing World

    By Carl Shuker | June 23, 2025

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    Down the Bayou and Under the Oaks: Louisiana as a Character in Crime Fiction

    By N.L. Lavin and Hunter Burke | June 16, 2025

    S.A. Cosby on “King of Ashes,” Crime Epics, and the Softer Side of Monsters

    S.A. Cosby on “King of Ashes,” Crime Epics, and the Softer Side of Monsters

    "I wanted to see what [mob bosses] are like at home when they aren’t planning murders, and how their skills affected the rest of their lives.”

    By Nick Kolakowski | June 10, 2025

    Elmore Leonard: Birth of the Cool

    Elmore Leonard: Birth of the Cool

    In an excerpt from the new biography, Cooler than Cool, Leonard discovers his crime fiction voice after reading George V. Higgins, while balancing a burgeoning career in screenwriting.

    By C.M. Kushins | June 10, 2025

    Lucas Schaefer Talks Texas, Boxing, and How To Use Crime Fiction to Explore Identity

    Lucas Schaefer Talks Texas, Boxing, and How To Use Crime Fiction to Explore Identity

    Jenny Staff Johnson interviews the debut novelist about his Austin-set epic

    By Jenny Staff Johnson | June 6, 2025

    Reading Chester Himes: Who Is the Real Star of His Show?

    Reading Chester Himes: Who Is the Real Star of His Show?

    Grave Digger and Coffin Ed aren’t the main characters in the ‘Harlem Detectives’ series.

    By Thomas E. Ricks | June 5, 2025

    William Boyle on Jim Thompson’s 'The Getaway'

    William Boyle on Jim Thompson’s 'The Getaway'

    "It...feels like desperation itself. Bleeds it from around the edges. There’s something about the prose that is panicked, unrelenting. 

    By William Boyle | May 30, 2025

    Because He Can: Paula Bomer on Capturing Entitlement and the Banality of Sociopathy

    Because He Can: Paula Bomer on Capturing Entitlement and the Banality of Sociopathy

    In her new novel, 'Stalker,' Bomer writes about an "untalented Mr. Ripley."

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    The Secret Link Between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse

    The Secret Link Between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse

    Arvind Ethan David found stylistic echoes between two legendary authors. Then, he discovered a surprising link in their history.

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