Staying Away from the Dust: Publishing Fitzgerald, Hammett, Cain and Steinbeck Someone asked me to write about my publishing highlights over the past few years. I’d rank being able to publish a story by James M. Cain first, probably because I’m a sucker for his noir works such as Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice. And […]

5 Great Detective Stories Set In Foreign, Uber-Corrupt Cities In The Simple Art of Murder, Raymond Chandler famously distilled the hard-boiled mystery story to its most essential ingredient: “Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean.” The Chandleresque detective is a heroic figure in a deeply corrupt world. He fights […]