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Patricia Moyes: A Crime Reader's Guide to the Classics

Patricia Moyes: A Crime Reader's Guide to the Classics

In midcentury Britain, there was one more entry into the Golden Age of Mystery

By Neil Nyren | July 19, 2019

The Evolution of Walt Longmire: Somewhere Between Laughter and Death

The Evolution of Walt Longmire: Somewhere Between Laughter and Death

A Bookseller's Guide to Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire Series

By Scott Montgomery | July 18, 2019

Edna Buchanan's Miami

Edna Buchanan's Miami

She was Edna Rydzik in Jersey. In Miami, she was the hardboiled crime writer who defined an era and left a complex legacy.

By Sarah Weinman | July 16, 2019

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

A crime author's appreciation for a new/old form of storytelling

By Alison Gaylin | July 16, 2019

Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

Leonardo Padura & Alex Segura talk about noir, hometowns, homelands, and how being a crime writer in Cuba has evolved.

By Alex Segura | July 15, 2019

Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

Jim Thompson and William Lindsay Gresham have proven difficult to adapt to screen. Directors can't resist the challenge—or the noir.

By Zach Vasquez | July 15, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Weird, Wild, Inimitable Noir of Donald E. Westlake

By Dwyer Murphy | July 12, 2019

Grappling with PTSD
in Crime Fiction

By Hilary Davidson | July 11, 2019

Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

By S. L. Huang | July 10, 2019

Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

A new thriller explores parents breaking bad and the terrifying spread of a kidnapping ring.

By Mark Rubinstein | July 9, 2019

It's Time for Urban Fiction to Get Some Literary Respect

It's Time for Urban Fiction to Get Some Literary Respect

Other genres have gone mainstream. Why does the publishing world offer up the same old excuses about urban fiction?

By Aya de Leon | July 8, 2019

Interview With A Serial Killer

Interview With A Serial Killer

How An Anchorage Detective Used Criminal Profiling Techniques To Catch A Killer (With a Little Help From "Silence of the Lambs")

By Maureen Callahan | July 3, 2019

The Wit, Wisdom, and Noirs of James M. Cain

The Wit, Wisdom, and Noirs of James M. Cain

25 of the Greatest Lines Ever Written by a Crime Fiction Master

By Dwyer Murphy | July 1, 2019

On 'The Girls' in the Title

On 'The Girls' in the Title

The trend is more than marketing hype—it's a signifier for the complex female protagonists so central to crime fiction.

By Nina Laurin | July 1, 2019

The Best Book Covers of June

The Best Book Covers of June

The Best Book Designs in Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

By CrimeReads | June 28, 2019

The Morality-Driven Thriller

The Morality-Driven Thriller

5 Novels That Use Small Crimes To Explore Larger Ethical Dilemmas

By Lori Roy | June 28, 2019

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