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The Original Punk Rock PI: On Rex Weiner’s Ford Fairlane
Cullen Gallagher rides shotgun with Ford Fairlane, the punk rock PI created by author Rex Weiner.
Noir
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett
Meaning to Chaos
On “The Cold Summer” by Gianrico Carofiglio.
“Marlowe Would Be Proud”: On “The Annotated Big Sleep”
Geoff Nicholson wanders the mean streets with Raymond Chandler’s “The Annotated Big Sleep” for a Baedeker.
The Difference Between Wrong and Hard: Elizabeth Little Interviews Lou Berney
Elizabeth Little interviews Lou Berney about his new thriller, “November Road.”
James M. Cain and the West Virginia Mine Wars
Sean Carswell looks into James M. Cain and his time reporting on the West Virginia Mine Wars.
No Room for the Lie
Gabino Iglesias talks to David Joy about his new book, "The Line That Held Us."
Our Dead Man in Havana
Matt E. Lewis reviews “The Third Hotel” by Laura van den Berg.
Reclaiming Power Through Humanity: On Michelle McNamara and “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”
Kristen Kittscher reviews “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” by Michelle McNamara.
Messy Human Beings: On “In the Distance with You”
"In the Distance with You" has all the twists and turns of a long-running daytime soap. What ultimately carries it isn’t the plot, but the characters.
Two Ways to See Every Story
Jedidiah Ayres reviews “The Good Son” by You-Jeong Jeong.
Adrift and Unmoored
Nathan Jefferson reviews “Cult X” by Fuminori Nakamura.
The Degradations of Empire
Adrian Van Young reviews “A Necessary Evil” by Abir Mukherjee.
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