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Marcia Muller: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Marcia Muller: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

A guide to the life and work of "the founding mother" of the hardboiled woman as private eye.

By Neil Nyren | February 3, 2023

On Writing While Dying

On Writing While Dying

Steven Womack on continuing his mystery series in the midst of devastating news and endless medical treatments.

By Steven Womack | February 2, 2023

Capturing the Voice—and Honesty—of Adolescence

Capturing the Voice—and Honesty—of Adolescence

Young narrators are the witnesses who speak the truth in American literature.

By Sterling Watson | February 2, 2023

The Backlist: Revisiting Larry Brown's 'Father and Son' with Ace Atkins

The Backlist: Revisiting Larry Brown's 'Father and Son' with Ace Atkins

Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, reading the classics.

By Polly Stewart | February 2, 2023

Kwame Dawes on <em>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>

Kwame Dawes on The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Dawes, the great poet and critic, reflects on the legacy of the rhetorician and abolitionist Douglass, in the introduction to a new edition of his monumental autobiography

By Kwame Dawes | February 2, 2023

10 Crime Novels You Should Read This February

10 Crime Novels You Should Read This February

Featuring new books from Rebecca Makkai, Watler Mosley, Hank Phillippi Ryan, and more.

By CrimeReads | February 1, 2023

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Is Real Housewives Lowkey the Best Crime Show On Television?

By Jumata Emill | February 1, 2023

Natasha Lester On Fashion, Historical Fiction, and Female Spies

By Molly Odintz | February 1, 2023

The Deliverance of TLC's Sister Wives

By Lisa Levy | February 1, 2023

For a Mystery Novel, How Much Sex Is Too Much Sex?

For a Mystery Novel, How Much Sex Is Too Much Sex?

Elle Cosimano on straddling genres and balancing reader expectations.

By Elle Cosimano | January 31, 2023

Which Crime Shows Should You Watch in February?

Which Crime Shows Should You Watch in February?

There's more to the month ahead than just Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne doing Columbo. Although that, too, is good.

By Dwyer Murphy | January 31, 2023

Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down: On the 1975 Thomas Harris Novel, <em>Black Sunday</em>, and Its Underrated Adaptation

Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down: On the 1975 Thomas Harris Novel, Black Sunday, and Its Underrated Adaptation

The test screenings of Black Sunday enthralled its early viewers, but the film was eclipsed by the release of Star Wars.

By David James Keaton | January 31, 2023

Notes from a Hardscrabble Childhood

Notes from a Hardscrabble Childhood

"This is an acute time of unprotected’ness."

By Kerri Schlottman | January 31, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | January 30, 2023

Getting the Investigative Details Right in Cozy Mysteries

Getting the Investigative Details Right in Cozy Mysteries

Cozy authors might be working with amateur sleuths. But they're still putting in their research time with the professionals.

By Valona Jones | January 30, 2023

<em>Poker Face</em> is a Crackling, Groovy Heirloom PI Show

Poker Face is a Crackling, Groovy Heirloom PI Show

Rian Johnson's case-of-the-week murder mystery show feels comfortingly vintage without being stale.

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 27, 2023

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