The Devil is in the Details (Thomas Harris)
Comfort Food (Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe, and Archie Goodwin)
A Storyteller Who Got the Details Right (Donald E. Westlake)
I Was Looking for Charles Willeford: Nothing Is Inchoate plus two interviews, Don Herron and Ray Banks. Updated 2020 with a transcription of a 1987 radio interview and commentary by Ray Banks.
Come Out of the Darkness Into the Light of Day (Eric Ambler)
The Professional (Thomas Perry)
An Unusual Blend of Poetry and Fantasy (RIP Peter Dickinson)
Lawrence Block Blindfold Test (and take the test yourself)
Two Masterpieces by Elmore Leonard
This isn’t crime fiction, but still literary:
And this isn’t about books, but next door:
Marlowe’s Music (the scores for cinematic adaptations of Raymond Chandler)