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"THE VICTIM HAS TO BE A BELIEVABLE PERSON": AN INTERVIEW WITH FIRST DO NO HARM'S S.J. ROZAN

THE AMERICAN DREAM AND NIGHTMARE: TIMOTHY J. LOCKHART'S BROKEN KITE

A NEW YEAR, A NEW NOIR AT THE BAR

NOT SO LONE RANGER: MARK GREATHOUSE'S GUNS ON THE GUADALUPE

Guns on the Guadalupe is the ninth book in Mark Greathouse's Tumbleweeds aga that follows generations of a Texas family. I admit this is...

"WHAT DO WOMEN WRITE WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING?": EVERY EVIL UNDER THE SUN'S ALEXANDRA BURT, V.P. CHANDLER, & LAURA OLES

Recently I had the honor of writing the forward to For Every Evil Under the Sun. and anthology of fiction leaning on the noir side from...

"ANIMALS CAN'T BE ANYMORE CARDBORAD THAN HUMAN CHARACTERS...": THE MAN FROM DAKOTA'S PETER BRANDVOLD

Peter Brandvold's latest, The Man From Dakota, is the second book to feature tall travelling loner Nordic Anders and his trusty collie...

"THERE ARE LOTS OF SECRETS IN THE NEVADA DESERT.": AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BLUE HORSE'S BRUCE BORGOS

Bruce Borgos' latest novel dealing with Sheriff Porter Beck has him investigating the murders connected to the the controversial wild...

NO LONE HERO: BRUCE BORGOS' THE BLUE HORSE

Bruce Borgos uses his small town backdrop of Lincoln County, Nevada for big stories. The region his Sheriff Porter Beck serves contains...

"I WANTED TO MAKE IT FEEL AUTHENTIC": AN INTERVIEW THE HARD RIDE'S THADD TURNER

In many ways, Thadd Turner has lived with Wild Bill Hickok. He has witten kids books and screenplays on t, a biography, and directed a...

LISTENING BETWEEN THE NOTES: JIM FUSILLI'S A SONG FOR KATY SHAYNE

Before and during his practice as a fiction writer, Jim Fusilli worked as the rock critic for The Wall Street Journal. He's written about...

TOP OF THE PYRAMID: MEGAN ABBOTT'S EL DORADO DRIVE

Megan Abbott uses noir to examine the interactions of women and society. The life and death scenarios and extreme mood and style creates...

YOU NEVER PUT ADDICTION BEHIND YOU: ROB HART'S THE MEDUSA PROTOCOL

Last year, Rob Hart gave us one of my favorite books of 2024, Assassins Anonymous, It followed a former hired killer, Mark, in a twelve...

HOLLYWOOD HELL: DANA WILSON'S MAKE WITH THE BRAINS, PIERRE

Dana Wilson is one of the most fascinating one book authors. An actor and screenwriter writer in the forties and fifties, who was married...

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