"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett
Glenn Harper reviews Dervla McTiernan’s “The Murder Rule,” a legal thriller about a law student’s complicated personal ties with a project that’s working to overturn a convicted murderer’s death sentence.
Michael Nava reads Katherine V. Forrest’s “Delafield” and explains why Forrest is an icon of lesbian fiction.
Katie Smith talks with Mesha Maren about the settings and authors that inspired the complicated border fatalism of “Perpetual West.”
Daniel Polansky reviews “Me, Detective,” Leslie T. White’s memoir of his experiences in the LAPD that served as inspiration for Raymond Chandler’s Marlowe.
Christie’s classic whodunit is a brilliant parlor trick of deception and misplaced empathy.
Jason Namey reviews T. Jefferson Parker’s “A Thousand Steps,” a thriller set in the midst of 1968 Laguna Beach’s thriving counterculture.
Naomi Elias talks to Jane Pek about her debut, “The Verifiers,” a mystery revolving around an online-dating detective agency.
Dan Magers interviews Brooks Sterritt about his debut, “The History of America in My Lifetime.”
Daneet Steffens interviews Alex Segura about “Secret Identity,” a mystery that draws inspiration from both noir and comics.
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.
Gabino Iglesias chases down “Harlem Shuffle,” a crime novel by Colson Whitehead set in 1960s Harlem.
Jack Mearns examines Robert M. Coates’s “Wisteria Cottage,” a midcentury psychological noir from an author too often overlooked.
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