• Genres

    Noir

    Christopher Moore

    "“Dog pizza,” said Sal, first thing when I walked in. He was wearing a black apron, a bow tie, and a white shirt with garters on the sleeves, looking like the type of bartender who gets shot in westerns."

    April 17, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Searching for a Soul Mate (Must Love Sherlock Holmes)

    When Romantic Partners Fall Short of Literary Obsessions

    April 16, 2018  By Iris Martin Cohen
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    8 Mysteries Fueled by Codes,
    Ciphers, and Puzzles

    (None Written by Dan Brown)

    April 16, 2018  By Nova Jacobs
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    A Haunting New Vision of
    'Strangers on a Train'

    An Illustrated Look at Patricia Highsmith's Classic Noir

    April 16, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    A Perfect Shot

    Robin Yocum

    "Tony DeMarco made a handsome living selling drugs, breaking bones, and, when the opportunity pre­sented itself, sending a .22-caliber bullet ricocheting off the inside of a mark’s skull."

    April 16, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Best of 1970s Conspiracy Thrillers

    A Family Legacy, and the Paranoid Thrillers That Defined a Decade

    April 13, 2018  By D.J. Palmer
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    Colonel Sun

    Kingsley Amis

    "In the course of his career, James Bond had been held up and threatened in this sort of way literally dozens of times—often, as now, by a total stranger."

    April 13, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    In Tehran, Noir Is a
    Political Act

    Writing Crime Fiction in Post Revolution Iran

    April 12, 2018  By Salar Abdoh
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    Fiction's Greatest Sibling Rivalries

    9 Immortal Sibling Duels, From Classics to Crime

    April 12, 2018  By Maureen Lindley
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    Warning Light

    David Ricciardi

    "The veteran controller had worked planes with communications trouble, aircraft that had strayed off course, and even emergencies, but no one had ever disobeyed an instruction before."

    April 12, 2018  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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