Stay Free: Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Cha constructs a Los Angeles sharply different from most representations of the city.
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Posts Tagged: crime novel
Questions of Legacy: Talking with Adrienne Celt
Adrienne Celt discusses her forthcoming novel, Invitation to a Bonfire, how she found its characters’ voices, and what it means to build a legacy.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #103: Andrew Battershill
Picture the French Surrealists recast as mobsters running a crime ring and you have the premise for Batterhill’s story.
...moreThe Perfect Crime Novel
On a technical level, it is possible to write a perfect crime novel. You might say Black Wings Has My Angel is beyond perfection. At Vulture, Christian Lorentzen explains why a 1953 heist novel is a classic of 20th-century noir.
...moreMurderer’s Murder Mystery Wins Prize
When the judges of a lucrative “debut-detective-novel writing contest” chose Alaric Hunt’s murder mystery Cuts Through Bone, they didn’t realize it was written in prison by an actual murderer. Click here to read a New York Times Magazine piece about Hunt’s crime, his novel, and what Minotaur Press decided to do with a criminal’s crime novel. While […]
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