We Create a Lot of Widows
One of the reasons I say, “Get the story down first,” is because it’s the last thing I’m interested in, so I just lay it down like a base coat of paint.
Noir
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett
Sins of the Sister
"Dark Rooms" is as much a coming-of-age story as it is a chilling mystery.
“Save Yourself”: An Interview with Kelly Braffet on Her New Novel
"You have to make sure all of your creeps are creepy and all of your surprises are surprising."
Pre-Code Hollywood Confidential
“Hollywood knew how to manipulate a crime,” writes Mann, “their scenarists had been doing it for years.”
Fear and Lurking in Toronto
What was it like to be a young woman coming of age in that climate of fear?
Tired of Living, Afraid of Dying: Horace McCoy’s Legacy
Horace McCoy’s depression lasted longer than the country’s.
Falling in Love with Simenon
Cara Black on Georges Simenon and Paris.
Real Cops
"Individual cop narratives tend to be more palatable than stories about the police system."
Windy City Gothic: The Resurrection of “The Death of the Detective”
Mark Smith's "Death of the Detective" won’t be to every taste, but it clearly doesn’t expect to be.
The Real Life of Real Estate
"Never trust an ordinary man in a small English town."
Maigret’s Jurisdiction
Maybe now critics will give Maigret his due.
The Mysterious Life of David Goodis
Complicating the picture of Goodis’s career was the fact his work had a separate life in France.
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