Seven Suspenseful Novels In Which Paradise Is Not What It Seems

Seven Suspenseful Novels In Which Paradise Is Not What It Seems

"What is it about the concept of paradise that inspires dark fiction?"

By Laura Griffin | June 1, 2022

The Best New Crime Fiction of the Month: June 2022

The Best New Crime Fiction of the Month: June 2022

Featuring new books from John Vercher, Caroline Woods, Katie Gutierrez, and more.

By CrimeReads | June 1, 2022

True Crime Beyond the Genre

True Crime Beyond the Genre

These works engage with the tropes of true crime while questioning them.

By Maria Adelmann | June 1, 2022

7 cozy series from the Southeast Coast

7 cozy series from the Southeast Coast

"[T]he following series invite you to bask in warm weather and cheer on courageous heroines."

By Alicia Bessette | June 1, 2022

Your Guide to the Best New Shows Coming Out This Month

Your Guide to the Best New Shows Coming Out This Month

Featuring Leaphorn and Chee, Jeff Bridges in a Thomas Perry adaptation, and more Murders in the Building

By Dwyer Murphy | May 31, 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 | May 30, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

Writing Genre: Bending Stories that Integrate Romance, Fantasy, and Mystery

By Lana Harper | May 27, 2022

Collaborating on Crime in the 14th Century

By Boyd Morrison and Beth Morrison | May 27, 2022

Why I Quit Writing Screenplays and Wrote a Novel

By P. David Ebersole | May 27, 2022

May's Best International Fiction

May's Best International Fiction

Brazilian dark fantasy, Moroccan social criticism, and Swedish thrills

By Molly Odintz | May 26, 2022

Representation Matters, or, a Story in Edits

Representation Matters, or, a Story in Edits

On word choice and whiteness in publishing.

By Sandra S. G. Wong | May 26, 2022

Tenet, Revisited: Why Christopher Nolan’s Most Difficult Film Deserves a Second Chance

Tenet, Revisited: Why Christopher Nolan’s Most Difficult Film Deserves a Second Chance

John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in a time-travel espionage caper – this warrants another viewing.

By Nick Kolakowski | May 26, 2022

An Interview with Zarqa Nawaz, Author and Creator of <em>Little Mosque on the Prairie</em>

An Interview with Zarqa Nawaz, Author and Creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie

"Why can’t you be a practicing Muslim who enjoys life, is fun to be around and respectful of other people’s faiths and life choices?"

By Molly Odintz | May 26, 2022

What Really Distinguishes a Crime Novel?

What Really Distinguishes a Crime Novel?

Megan Abbott, S.A. Cosby, Laura Lippman, and Ace Atkins share their thoughts with Polly Stewart.

By Polly Stewart | May 25, 2022

The 10 Most Captivating Apocalypse Novels

The 10 Most Captivating Apocalypse Novels

"All doomsday stories essentially ask the same central dramatic question: at the end of it all, what really mattered?"

By David Yoon | May 25, 2022

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2022: Summer Reading Edition

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2022: Summer Reading Edition

120 mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels to read all summer long.

By Molly Odintz | May 24, 2022

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