“Pretty Big Once”: W. R. Burnett’s Cynical Americana
W. R. Burnett’s multifarious fiction exposed the fatal emptiness of American ambition.
W. R. Burnett’s multifarious fiction exposed the fatal emptiness of American ambition.
Cullen Gallagher digs up the working-class roots of noir master Day Keene.
Cullen Gallagher investigates “Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury.”
Cullen Gallagher rides shotgun with Ford Fairlane, the punk rock PI created by author Rex Weiner.
A uniformly excellent anthology of “domestic noir” with no weak links.
Palumbo uses all the noir conventions in surprisingly fresh ways.
Attica Locke’s latest novel is a double-edged murder mystery boasting not only Locke’s strikingly original voice, but also a timely and politically...
Triptych Image: "Eavesdropper"Image Credit: Amalia Pica2013 MARKS THE 45th ANNIVERSARY of one of crime fiction’s most enduring and hardest...
On "Cash Out," "Last Kind Words," and "A Death in Mexico
Books by Wallace Stroby, Alison Gaylin, Joe R. Lansdale, Hilary Davidson, Chris F. Holm, and Robert Silverberg.
The hallmark of Gorman's style is the utter simplicity and clarity of his language. Straightforward prose is the hallmark of his moral universe.
Apathy, booze, and cynicism are the standard PI’s ABCs, but Bruen’s detective takes things to a whole new level.