Crime Reads » Culture

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month: June 2022

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month: June 2022

Featuring new books from Elly Griffiths, Katie Gutierrez, David Koepp, and more.

By Lisa Levy | June 15, 2022

A Real Desire to Write Fake Lawyers

A Real Desire to Write Fake Lawyers

Joey Hartstone always thought he wanted to be a lawyer. But maybe just wanted to be a lawyer in a story.

By Joey Hartstone | June 15, 2022

The Birth of the Hardy Boys

The Birth of the Hardy Boys

Leslie McFarlane, who wrote under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon, explains how the brothers started solving mysteries and why they were always eating meals.

By Leslie McFarlane | June 14, 2022

On Revenge Porn, Cyberstalking & Other Modern Privacy Problems

On Revenge Porn, Cyberstalking & Other Modern Privacy Problems

"Like many of us, I have an uneasy truce with what technology has wrought with respect to my privacy."

By Nina Sadowsky | June 14, 2022

The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

The trick is to have your spies embrace "techniques that used to be valuable, but are probably hardly ever employed these days."

By Richard A. Clarke | June 14, 2022

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 | June 13, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Furry Friends and Fiendish Plotting: On Animals In Detective Fiction

By Martin Edwards | June 13, 2022

5 Cozy Mystery Series for DIY-ers and Fans of HGTV Shows

By Frank Anthony Polito | June 13, 2022

How A Break-In and A Blizzard Shaped April Henry's New Mystery

By April Henry | June 13, 2022

Queer Mysteries and Thrillers To Read All Year Long

Queer Mysteries and Thrillers To Read All Year Long

Celebrate Pride Month with folk horror, rural noir, historical deep dives, and so much crime fiction!

By Molly Odintz | June 10, 2022

Don’t Stop Believing: Mystery at the Heart of <em>The Sopranos</em>

Don’t Stop Believing: Mystery at the Heart of The Sopranos

15 years after it went off the air, the show's commitment to spirituality and ambiguity still set it apart.

By Zach Vasquez | June 10, 2022

Why Some of the Best Thrillers Are Also Hilarious

Why Some of the Best Thrillers Are Also Hilarious

Unless you want your reader to be utterly terrified, "you've gotta do something to leaven the topic."

By James Byrne | June 10, 2022

Missed Targets: Seven Attempted Assassination Thrillers

Missed Targets: Seven Attempted Assassination Thrillers

"[W]hile [these titles] might take license with the details of history, they remained faithful to the important facts and the big ideas"

By William Martin | June 10, 2022

10 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Summer

10 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Summer

A look at the season's best new investigations, deep dives, cold cases, and more.

By Lizzy Steiner | June 9, 2022

The Cold War Boudoir: Bugs, Wigs, and Wiretaps

The Cold War Boudoir: Bugs, Wigs, and Wiretaps

Caroline Woods on the dark underbelly of the legendary midcentury New York literary magazine set.

By Caroline Woods | June 9, 2022

Monstrosity Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Monstrosity Is in the Eye of the Beholder

"Monsters are our mirrors: in them, we see who we hope we are not, in order to understand who we are."

By Ellen Datlow | June 9, 2022

« First ‹ Previous 124 125 126 127128129 130 131 132 Next ›Last »

Page 128 of 256