Bill Miller (1920-1961)

Two New Articles Praise Badge of Evil and My Introduction

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Two acclaimed new articles in Film International and Crime Time shine a spotlight on Whit Masterson’s Badge of Evil and the latest Stark House Press edition featuring my introduction, “Beneath the Tainted Badge.” Both critics praise the novel’s enduring relevance and its pivotal role in inspiring Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil—while highlighting the deeper themes I explore in my essay.

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Badge of Evil and Touch of Evil

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As the writer of the introduction to Stark House Press’s new edition of Whit Masterson’s Badge of Evil, I’m pleased to help bring fresh attention to a landmark of noir fiction. Masterson—the pen name for the team of Robert Wade and H. William Miller—crafted a tight, morally tangled police procedural that remains as relevant today as when it first appeared in 1956.

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