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.

  Alyssa ReederMar 2, 2015

  • Noir

• “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."

  John WisniewskiFeb 28, 2015

  • Noir

• Pre-Code Hollywood Confidential

  “Hollywood knew how to manipulate a crime,” writes Mann, “their scenarists had been doing it for years.”

  Michael SandlinFeb 28, 2015

  • Noir

  • Nonfiction

• Fear and Lurking in Toronto

  What was it like to be a young woman coming of age in that climate of fear?

  Lesley TritesFeb 27, 2015

  • Noir

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  Tired of Living, Afraid of Dying: Horace McCoy’s Legacy

  Horace McCoy’s depression lasted longer than the country’s.

  Chris MorganFeb 27, 2015

  • Noir

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  Falling in Love with Simenon

  Cara Black on Georges Simenon and Paris.

  Cara BlackFeb 26, 2015

  • Noir

• Real Cops

  "Individual cop narratives tend to be more palatable than stories about the police system."

  Steph ChaFeb 19, 2015

  • Noir

• 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.

  Michael BerryFeb 19, 2015

  • Noir

• The Real Life of Real Estate

  "Never trust an ordinary man in a small English town."

  Deborah ShapiroFeb 16, 2015

  • Noir

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  Maigret’s Jurisdiction

  Maybe now critics will give Maigret his due.

  Elliott CollaFeb 15, 2015

  • Noir

• The Mysterious Life of David Goodis

  Complicating the picture of Goodis’s career was the fact his work had a separate life in France.

  Andrew NetteFeb 11, 2015

  • Noir

• A Mormon Mystery

  "Linda is a good Mormon, but she is more than a little ambivalent about her new role as bishop’s wife."

  Neda SemnaniFeb 5, 2015

  • Noir