Noir

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

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
Turning Noir’s Racism on Its Head: Woody Haut’s Latest
Woody Haut, Noir, Race, and Genre
Emory Holmes IIJan 28, 2015
- Noir
Epic Noir
Ira Wells on James Ellroy’s "Perfidia"
Ira WellsJan 26, 2015
- Fiction
- Noir
Characters, Not Walking Polemics: A Q&A with Gary Phillips on His Web Serial, “The Dixon Family Chronicles”
"I suppose the point is there’s ample material out there if you’re looking for it."
Scott AdlerbergJan 24, 2015
- Noir
The Watcher and the Watched
"It’s about seeing and being seen, particularly as women."
Kim KankiewiczJan 19, 2015
- Noir
Chandler’s Shadow
Matt Coyle’s "Yesterday’s Echo" and Michael Krikorian’s "Southside" reflect Raymond Chandler's influential style of crime fiction and noir in distinct ways.
Tyler DiltsJan 1, 2015
- Noir
The Fun of Frost
Inspector Frost is not your average P.I.: lazy, incompetent, childish, insubordinate, unkempt, old. And funny.
Philip MordueDec 31, 2014
- Noir
The Cozy in the Closet: Josh Lanyon’s Holmes and Moriarity Series
"Christopher Holmes himself, that detective who is not the detective you expect, is out of the closet — and yet still often in its shadow, both actually and metaphorically."
Noah BerlatskyDec 30, 2014
A Dirty Baker’s Dozen: My 13 Favorite Crime Novels of 2014
Woody Haut's favorite crime novels of 2014.
Woody HautDec 19, 2014
- Fiction
- Noir
Name Your Poison: A Brief, Highly Subjective History of Culinary Crime
"Readers will never look at a duck press the same way again."
Katherine Hall PageDec 19, 2014
Tom's Book Club: James Ellroy
Dec 6, 2014
- Fiction
- Noir