The State of Paranoia: An Interview with Brooks Sterritt
Dan Magers interviews Brooks Sterritt about his debut, “The History of America in My Lifetime.”
Dan Magers interviews Brooks Sterritt about his debut, “The History of America in My Lifetime.”
Dan MagersMar 26, 2022
Daneet Steffens interviews Alex Segura about “Secret Identity,” a mystery that draws inspiration from both noir and comics.
Daneet SteffensMar 15, 2022
Desirée Zamorano reviews Joy Castro’s “Flight Risk,” a novel about a successful high-society woman’s complicated relationship with her hidden West...
Désirée ZamoranoFeb 21, 2022
Gabino Iglesias chases down “Harlem Shuffle,” a crime novel by Colson Whitehead set in 1960s Harlem.
Gabino IglesiasJan 27, 2022
Jack Mearns examines Robert M. Coates’s “Wisteria Cottage,” a midcentury psychological noir from an author too often overlooked.
Jack MearnsJan 24, 2022
Rachel Jackson reviews Amanda Jayatissa’s new novel, “My Sweet Girl.”
Rachel JacksonDec 6, 2021
Matt Lewis reviews “Five Decembers,” a globetrotting noir from James Kestrel.
Matt EllisDec 2, 2021
Gabino Iglesias takes a look at the grief and guilt that propel S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears.”
Gabino IglesiasOct 24, 2021
Collin Mitchell examines the hazy disquietude of Sébastien Japrisot’s “Rider on the Rain.”
Collin MitchellOct 13, 2021
The celebrated horror novelist is rapidly becoming one of our best contemporary crime writers.
Rob LathamOct 11, 2021
Tara Cheesman reviews “Tokyo Redux,” the final installment of David Peace’s Tokyo Trilogy.
Tara CheesmanOct 9, 2021
Jack Mearns explores the life and work of John Sanford, an oft-neglected 20th-century American writer who wrote incisive novels addressing American...
Jack MearnsSep 22, 2021
Désirée Zamorano reviews Naomi Hirahara’s “Clark and Division,” a novel set in a community of Japanese Americans recently released from an internment...
Désirée ZamoranoSep 15, 2021
Daneet Steffens talks with Julia Dahl about the inspiration behind “The Missing Hours,” her latest novel.
Daneet SteffensSep 15, 2021
Savy Janssen scopes out two new noir novels with female leads, S. A. Lelchuk’s “One Got Away” and Halley Sutton’s “The Lady Upstairs.”
Savy JanssenAug 27, 2021
Larissa Dooley reviews Lou Mathews’s “Shaky Town,” a novel made of several interlocking stories set in East L.A.
Larissa DooleyAug 24, 2021
Halley Sutton interviews Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, editor of the upcoming anthology collection “Palm Springs Noir.”
Halley SuttonAug 8, 2021
Carissa Chesanek examines the close quarters that form “Intimacies,” Katie Kitamura’s latest.
Carissa ChesanekJul 20, 2021
Daneet Steffens talks with Chris Offutt about how his hometown in Eastern Kentucky inspired “The Killing Hills,” his first crime novel.
Daneet SteffensJul 20, 2021
Naomi Elias talks to Nekesa Afia about her debut novel, “Dead Dead Girls.”
Naomi EliasJul 10, 2021
Gabriel Hart takes a ride with the late Dan Fante, author of “Short Dog: Cab Driver Stories from the L.A. Streets.”
Gabriel HartJul 7, 2021
Jung Yun reviews Willa C. Richards’s “The Comfort of Monsters,” an “artful examination of the relationships between sex, power, violence, and...
Jung YunJul 3, 2021
Glenn Harper reviews “The Measure of Time,” the latest from Italian crime writer Gianrico Carofiglio.
Glenn HarperJun 28, 2021
The pulp fiction of Basil Heatter is a sweaty exercise in unusual punctuation.
Robert FrombergJun 26, 2021