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    The Best Debut Novels in Crime Fiction: May 2022

    The Best Debut Novels in Crime Fiction: May 2022

    Featuring new books from Harini Nagendra, Isabel Cañas, Emma Bamford, and more.

    By CrimeReads | May 18, 2022

    Motherhood Is A Cult

    Motherhood Is A Cult

    "[A]s long as childless women like me are...expressing a long-held dream of bringing a child—any child—to the American Girl flagship store...the cult will loom large."

    By Anne Heltzel | May 18, 2022

    On Rock and Roll and Toxic Masculinity

    On Rock and Roll and Toxic Masculinity

    What Charles Harper Webb's time in a rock band taught him about the struggle for power.

    By Charles Harper Webb | May 18, 2022

    If You Love Me, You Will Find It Out: Mysteries Written in the Language of Flowers

    If You Love Me, You Will Find It Out: Mysteries Written in the Language of Flowers

    "Almost any plant—and many I’d never heard of—can be used to send a message..."

    By Robin Farrar Maass | May 18, 2022

    23 New Books By Asian-American And Pacific Islander Authors Perfect for Mystery Readers

    23 New Books By Asian-American And Pacific Islander Authors Perfect for Mystery Readers

    Celebrate AAPI month all through the year with these new books from Asian-American authors transforming the genre.

    By CrimeReads | May 17, 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 16, 2022

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
    • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
    • Queen of Lombard Street
    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
    • The Turning of Sally-Mae

    The Comfort of Dark Crime Fiction in Dark Times

    By Misha Popp | May 16, 2022

    We've All Seen the TV Shows, But What Does a Forensic Anthropologist Really Do?

    By Evie Hawtrey | May 16, 2022

    Asking Why Women Like True Crime Is Condescending

    By Caite Dolan-Leach | May 16, 2022

    Haunted Dolls, Curses, and a True Crime Voodoo Cold Case

    Haunted Dolls, Curses, and a True Crime Voodoo Cold Case

    Research leads author Susan Furlong on a trip to Alabama to interview haunted doll collector, Kevin Cain.

    By Susan Furlong | May 16, 2022

    What's up with Nora Ephron and Serial Killers?

    What's up with Nora Ephron and Serial Killers?

    An early version of You've Got Mail had a subplot involving a murderer. But that's not the only thing.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | May 13, 2022

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

    Do you feel more like Hungarian student radicals or deep-cover hostile-country spies?

    By Dwyer Murphy | May 13, 2022

    Black and White and Noir All Over: A Brief History of Vintage Newspaper Crime Comic Strips

    Black and White and Noir All Over: A Brief History of Vintage Newspaper Crime Comic Strips

    Keith Roysdon on a once wildly popular, now mostly forgotten art.

    By Keith Roysdon | May 13, 2022

    May's Best Psychological Thrillers

    May's Best Psychological Thrillers

    Featuring new books from Elizabeth Day, Dervla McTiernan, May Cobb, and more.

    By Lisa Levy | May 12, 2022

    Experiencing Everyday Horror Through The Eyes Of A Post-Trauma Protagonist

    Experiencing Everyday Horror Through The Eyes Of A Post-Trauma Protagonist

    "That’s the magic of writing. This book is upsetting people. It’s making people feel."

    By Kelly McClure | May 12, 2022

    Eden Collinsworth on the Mystery Behind a Masterpiece

    Eden Collinsworth on the Mystery Behind a Masterpiece

    On the perambulations of Lady with an Ermine, one of Leonardo Da Vinci's strangest portraits.

    By Eden Collinsworth | May 11, 2022

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