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Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

In Abbott's new thriller, three sisters in Grosse Pointe get drawn into an 'investment club.'

By Dwyer Murphy | June 6, 2025

<em>Fatale</em> is the French noir novel you need to help you vent your frustrations right now.

Fatale is the French noir novel you need to help you vent your frustrations right now.

By James Folta | November 26, 2024

What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels

What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels

Joanne McNeil on Patricia Highsmith, Classism, and Finding Raw Material in Staff Workrooms

By Joanne McNeil | November 14, 2023

Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and Making the Move From Pro Sports to Writing

Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and Making the Move From Pro Sports to Writing

The Author of Sing Her Down Talks to Ona Russell in the New Season of Authors in the Tent

By Authors in the Tent | July 12, 2023

Here comes a novelist noir starring Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy.

Here comes a novelist noir starring Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy.

By Janet Manley | June 9, 2023

Dwyer Murphy on How to Write About a City

Dwyer Murphy on How to Write About a City

“You’re going to want to get out and walk around.”

By Dwyer Murphy | August 5, 2022

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An Honest Living

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 27, 2022

On the Coen Brothers’ Bitter, Brokenhearted Noir,
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By Olivia Rutigliano | February 9, 2022

Could Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 10, 2021

COVER REVEAL: Lincoln Michel’s <em>The Body Scout</em>

COVER REVEAL: Lincoln Michel’s The Body Scout

Plus, Read an Excerpt From This Near-Future Dystopian Neo-Noir

By Lincoln Michel | February 2, 2021

How Detective Fiction Took Hold of Los Angeles

How Detective Fiction Took Hold of Los Angeles

Sam Wasson on the Creation of a City's Mythology

By Sam Wasson | February 7, 2020

Jonathan Lethem's first novel, <em>Gun, With Occasional Music</em>, is finally headed to TV.

Jonathan Lethem's first novel, Gun, With Occasional Music, is finally headed to TV.

By Aaron Robertson | January 9, 2020

Patrick Modiano: To Flee a Parisian Crime Scene

Patrick Modiano: To Flee a Parisian Crime Scene

"I ended up shoving the gun in the bottom of a trash can."

By Patrick Modiano | October 25, 2018

Megan Abbott on the Difference Between Hardboiled and Noir

Megan Abbott on the Difference Between Hardboiled and Noir

In Conversation with the Author of Give Me Your Hand

By Annie Adams | June 26, 2018

All Fiction is Crime Fiction

All Fiction is Crime Fiction

Fiction/Non/Fiction # 14: Mat Johnson on the Origins of Modern Mystery

By Literary Hub | April 5, 2018

10 Essential Books That Capture Los Angeles in All Its Sublime, Beautiful Darkness

10 Essential Books That Capture Los Angeles in All Its Sublime, Beautiful Darkness

Liska Jacobs Reads Her Way to the Heart of an Iconic American City

By Liska Jacobs | November 8, 2017

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