It’s Just a River Rivering: A Conversation with Mesha MarenKatie Smith talks with Mesha Maren about the settings and authors that inspired the complicated border fatalism of “Perpetual West.”...KATIE SMITHNOIR
The Forgotten Noir DetectiveDaniel Polansky reviews “Me, Detective,” Leslie T. White’s memoir of his experiences in the LAPD that served as inspiration for Raymond Chandler’s Marlowe....DANIEL POLANSKYNOIR
Getting Fooled Again: Rereading Agatha Christie’s “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” in the Age of TrumpChristie’s classic whodunit is a brilliant parlor trick of deception and misplaced empathy....NOAH BERLATSKYNOIR
Once Upon a Time in Laguna BeachJason Namey reviews T. Jefferson Parker’s “A Thousand Steps,” a thriller set in the midst of 1968 Laguna Beach’s thriving counterculture....JASON NAMEYNOIR
Data-Driven: A Conversation with Jane PekNaomi Elias talks to Jane Pek about her debut, “The Verifiers,” a mystery revolving around an online-dating detective agency....NAOMI ELIASNOIR
The State of Paranoia: An Interview with Brooks SterrittDan Magers interviews Brooks Sterritt about his debut, “The History of America in My Lifetime.”...DAN MAGERSNOIR
Blending All the Things I Love: A Conversation with Alex SeguraDaneet Steffens interviews Alex Segura about “Secret Identity,” a mystery that draws inspiration from both noir and comics....DANEET STEFFENSNOIR
One Fell Swoop: On Joy Castro’s “Flight Risk”Desirée Zamorano reviews Joy Castro’s “Flight Risk,” a novel about a successful high-society woman’s complicated relationship with her hidden West Virginia past....DÉSIRÉE ZAMORANONOIR
Colson Comes to HarlemGabino Iglesias chases down “Harlem Shuffle,” a crime novel by Colson Whitehead set in 1960s Harlem....GABINO IGLESIASNOIR
Paranoia, Obsession, and Murder in Robert M. Coates’s “Wisteria Cottage”Jack Mearns examines Robert M. Coates’s “Wisteria Cottage,” a midcentury psychological noir from an author too often overlooked....JACK MEARNSNOIR
Provable Connections: On Amanda Jayatissa’s “My Sweet Girl”Rachel Jackson reviews Amanda Jayatissa’s new novel, “My Sweet Girl.”...RACHEL JACKSONNOIR
Going to War with Noir: On James Kestrel’s “Five Decembers”Matt Lewis reviews “Five Decembers,” a globetrotting noir from James Kestrel....MATT ELLISNOIR
Ghosts of Grief: On S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears”Gabino Iglesias takes a look at the grief and guilt that propel S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears.”...GABINO IGLESIASNOIR
Lost in Melancholy: On Sébastien Japrisot’s “Rider on the Rain”Collin Mitchell examines the hazy disquietude of Sébastien Japrisot’s “Rider on the Rain.”...COLLIN MITCHELLNOIR
Stephen King’s Mind CrimesThe celebrated horror novelist is rapidly becoming one of our best contemporary crime writers....ROB LATHAMNOIR
A Labyrinth of Disillusion: On David Peace’s “Tokyo Redux”Tara Cheesman reviews “Tokyo Redux,” the final installment of David Peace’s Tokyo Trilogy....TARA CHEESMANNOIR
The Burden of History in John Sanford’s “Make My Bed in Hell” and “The Land that Touches Mine”Jack Mearns explores the life and work of John Sanford, an oft-neglected 20th-century American writer who wrote incisive novels addressing American society....JACK MEARNSNOIR
Searching for What’s Walled Off: On Naomi Hirahara’s “Clark and Division”Désirée Zamorano reviews Naomi Hirahara’s “Clark and Division,” a novel set in a community of Japanese Americans recently released from an internment camp....DÉSIRÉE ZAMORANONOIR
Searching for Justice in the Fallout: A Conversation with Julia DahlDaneet Steffens talks with Julia Dahl about the inspiration behind “The Missing Hours,” her latest novel....DANEET STEFFENSNOIR
Damsels Get Even: Noir’s New FeministsSavy 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 JANSSENNOIR
Unsteady Terrain: On Lou Mathews’s “Shaky Town”Larissa Dooley reviews Lou Mathews’s “Shaky Town,” a novel made of several interlocking stories set in East L.A....LARISSA DOOLEYNOIR
“Brightness, Darkness, and Everything In-Between”: A Conversation with Barbara DeMarco-BarrettHalley Sutton interviews Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, editor of the upcoming anthology collection “Palm Springs Noir.”...HALLEY SUTTONNOIR
Keeping It Close: On Katie Kitamura’s “Intimacies”Carissa Chesanek examines the close quarters that form “Intimacies,” Katie Kitamura’s latest....CARISSA CHESANEKNOIR
Awful Things, Noble Reasons: A Conversation with Chris OffuttDaneet Steffens talks with Chris Offutt about how his hometown in Eastern Kentucky inspired “The Killing Hills,” his first crime novel....DANEET STEFFENSNOIR
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