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    How Dorothy B. Hughes' <em>In a Lonely Place</em> Brought a New, Disturbing Kind of Noir to the Postwar American Experience

    How Dorothy B. Hughes' In a Lonely Place Brought a New, Disturbing Kind of Noir to the Postwar American Experience

    Elizabeth D. Samet on the legacy of a postwar classic

    By Elizabeth D. Samet | April 27, 2022

    The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable With The Edgar Nominees

    The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable With The Edgar Nominees

    Edgar Awards Nominees Reflect On How The Pandemic Has Changed Their Writing Lives

    By Molly Odintz | April 26, 2022

    Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form

    Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form

    David Gordon on the long, rich history of private eyes – and why contemporary novelists keep on turning to them.

    By David Gordon | April 26, 2022

    Michael Nava Remembers Dick Lipez, Who Wrote Pioneering Gay Mysteries As Richard Stevenson

    Michael Nava Remembers Dick Lipez, Who Wrote Pioneering Gay Mysteries As Richard Stevenson

    Dick Lipez (1938-2022), writing under the pen name of Richard Stevenson, wanted to "present a gay man as contented and not tortured."

    By Michael Nava | April 26, 2022

    Lost and Found: Rediscovering E.C.R. Lorac’s Two-Way Murder  

    Lost and Found: Rediscovering E.C.R. Lorac’s Two-Way Murder  

    Martin Edwards on a Golden Age classic, an enigmatic author, and her "pleasantly persistent Inspector Macdonald."

    By Martin Edwards | April 25, 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 | April 25, 2022

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • The Disappearers
    • The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
    • Agrippa
    • Under Story
    • American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
    • The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial
    • I Liked Rex
    • Asmodeus
    • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

    Parenting, Paranoia, and the Pandemic

    By Samantha M. Bailey | April 25, 2022

    On the Genuine Delights of Hugh Laurie's Murder Mystery Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 22, 2022

    The Best International Crime Books Coming Out This April

    By Molly Odintz | April 22, 2022

    You Know, For Kids! The History of a Teenage James Bond

    You Know, For Kids! The History of a Teenage James Bond

    The license to kill, the drinking, the racy affairs...what could go wrong bringing Bond to young readers?

    By Luke Poling | April 22, 2022

    On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow

    On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow

    Doctorow is known for his rich, often gritty historical fiction, but he interweaves tropes from noir and hardboiled fiction to create a rich, American subgenre all his own.

    By Jesse Pasternack | April 22, 2022

    Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

    Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

    "It’s really a compulsion. I’d feel like I’d die if I didn’t get these stories out of me."

    By Eli Cranor | April 21, 2022

    Dope: On George Cain, New York City, and <em>Blueschild Baby</em>

    Dope: On George Cain, New York City, and Blueschild Baby

    Michael Gonzales on the man and the life behind a literary phenomenon in 1970 New York.

    By Michael Gonzales | April 21, 2022

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books to Read This Month

    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books to Read This Month

    Reporters and spies, vanished inventors, and a powerful case against junk science in courtrooms.

    By CrimeReads | April 21, 2022

    The Charming Mid-Century Murder Mysteries and Rich Interior Life of Edith Howie

    The Charming Mid-Century Murder Mysteries and Rich Interior Life of Edith Howie

    Howie's sleuths in her well-received proto-cozy crime novels always ended up together, but she herself stayed proudly single.

    By Curtis Evans | April 21, 2022

    What Does Home Mean During A Pandemic?

    What Does Home Mean During A Pandemic?

    Contributors to the new Mystery Writers of America anthology "Crime Hits Home" reflect on its theme

    By CrimeReads | April 20, 2022

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