Colorado Highway Becomes Book Dump
News by Peter Derk February 27, 2015
Someone has been dumping books on a Colorado highway. Who is this mysterious critic/lazy jerk?
The Black Hood Returns: An Interview with Duane Swierczynski
Interview by Nik Korpon
We sat down to talk with writer Duane Swierczynski about relaunching the Black Hood comic line this month.
Bookshots: 'Formerly Fingerman' by Joe Nelms
Review by Leah Rhyne January 12, 2015
In Joe Nelms' 'Formerly Fingerman', the classic Mafia tale gets a silly, giggly, heartbreaking makeover.
Bookshots: "120 Doses" by Neil Krolicki
Review by Richard Thomas
Port Drogo is known for criminals and radical reconstructive surgeries. Can Owen Jelinsky find his story, and get out alive?
UPDATED: David Fincher and James Ellroy's HBO Noir Series A Go
News by Joshua Chaplinsky December 19, 2014
The future of "Must Watch" TV.
Noir at the Bar: An Oral History
Column by Keith Rawson December 3, 2014
An oral history of nationwide crime fiction community phenomena: Noir at the Bar.
Bookshots: ‘The Skeleton Road’ by Val McDermid
Review by Dean Fetzer
A skeleton, found on the roof of a crumbling building in Edinburgh, leads DCI Karen Pirie to the Balkan Wars and the lofty heights of Oxford.
Bookshots: 'Last Winter We Parted' by Fuminori Nakamura
Review by Naturi Thomas-Millard October 21, 2014
When a young writer is assigned to interview a death row inmate, his discoveries could lead to the unravelling of both a macabre mystery and, if he's not careful--his own tenuous grip on sanity.
Bookshots: 'Sometimes the Wolf' by Urban Waite
Review by Cath Murphy October 8, 2014
Comparisons to Cormac McCarthy are justified. Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd type.
Arrest Us! And The Winners Are... (Part 2)
Column by Nathan Scalia October 7, 2014
You've been waiting for it. You've been begging for it. You've been sending us unsettling, strange-smelling letters about it. We're now sufficiently freaked out to announce the Arrest Us winners!
Arrest Us! And The Winners Are... (Part 1)
News by Nathan Scalia August 12, 2014
We announce the winners of the publisher prize packs and the celebrity critiques for the Arrest Us! crime contest! There are exclamation points!
Writing Lessons from the Dead: Elmore Leonard
Column by Max Booth III August 7, 2014
Is Max losing his mind? Yeah, probably.
Arrest Us! The Final Stretch
News by Nathan Scalia July 14, 2014
The Arrest Us! reading deadline is in two weeks. Are you ready for the fireworks?
Bookshots: 'The Other Side: A Memoir' by Lacy M. Johnson
Review by Naturi Thomas-Millard
After she escapes kidnapping and rape by an ex-boyfriend, an aspiring writer fights to reclaim her sanity...and her story.
Arrest Us: LitReactor's Crime Fiction Writing Challenge Is Open For Submissions
News by Rob Hart June 2, 2014
Our crime fiction writing challenge is open to submissions! Get 'em in! Read some stuff!
Bookshots: 'Cold in July' by Joe R. Lansdale
Review by Chris Rosales May 28, 2014
Bookshots: Cold in July. The novel that inspired the new film by the same name.
'Arrest Us' - Announcing LitReactor's Crime Fiction Writing Challenge
News by Rob Hart May 19, 2014
Are you ready for the next big writing challenge? This time we're doing crime fiction! New genre. New rules. New prizes. Get in there.
Footnotes: The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Love Affair
Column by Ryan Peverly February 14, 2014
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre helped re-establish the antihero in fiction, established a new genre of choice for Americans, and remembering it is the best way to celebrate a bullshit holiday.
Russian Man Stabbed To Death For Asserting Poetry Is Not Literature
News by Sean May January 31, 2014
A man in Russia's Ural Mountains was stabbed to death in an argument over whether or not poetry has literary value.
Search for ‘Greatest Crime Novel Ever Written’
News by Dean Fetzer October 21, 2013
The Crime Writers’ Association has asked its 600-strong membership to choose the ‘finest published example of literary sleuthing’ in a new poll with a shortlist including Agatha Christie and Chandler.
Bookshots: 'The Double' by George Pelecanos
Review by Teeney Hood October 8, 2013
In the second novel in the Spero Lucas series by Pelecanos, the D.C. based private investigator tackles a murder and a missing painting.
Hunt for Pablo Neruda's Killer Officially Underway
News by Christopher Shultz June 4, 2013
After his body's exhumation in April, new information has surfaced that may lead police to the poet's assassin.
Seduction of the Innocent: The Story Behind the Story
Column by Max Allan Collins
A fascinating look at the censorship witch hunt of comic books in the 1950s as reflected in the exciting new noir novel, "Seduction of the Innocent" by Max Allan Collins.
LitReactor Staff Picks: The Best Books of 2012 - Genre Edition
Column by Joshua Chaplinsky December 27, 2012
Submitted for your approval (or derision): Members of the LitReactor staff offer up their favorite reads, old and new, of 2012-- genre style!
10 Questions With Matthew McBride
Interview by Rob Hart December 4, 2012
Sometimes a title is so good, you just have to read the book. 'Frank Sinatra in a Blender' is like that. We posed 10 questions to the author, debut novelist Matthew McBride.