The Fine Art of Incredible Plot Twists

The Fine Art of Incredible Plot Twists

Elizabeth Day on nine works from different eras and genres, all united by one thing: a twist that completely upends your reading experience.

By Elizabeth Day | May 3, 2022

Does genre matter?

Does genre matter?

When rules help and when they hinder, and how the editing process shapes genre.

By Laura Jarratt | May 3, 2022

5 Non-Fiction Titles That Are So Vibrant They Read Like Fiction

5 Non-Fiction Titles That Are So Vibrant They Read Like Fiction

Elle Marr on the new pantheon of true crime.

By Elle Marr | May 2, 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 2, 2022

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: April 2022

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: April 2022

Featuring new books by Gary Phillips, Don Winslow, Janelle Brown, and more.

By CrimeReads | April 29, 2022

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

Featuring more Bosch, more Staircase, more Lincoln Lawyer, and most importantly Rosie Perez.

By Dwyer Murphy | April 29, 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

Beyond the Plot: Craft Tricks of Great Commercial Thrillers

By Cassidy Lucas | April 29, 2022

MWA Announces the 2022 Edgar Award Winners

By CrimeReads | April 29, 2022

The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: April 2022

By CrimeReads | April 28, 2022

Highly Unreliable and Morally Ambiguous Narrators

Highly Unreliable and Morally Ambiguous Narrators

"[U]nreliable narration can be enormously successful when the author’s use of misdirection or withholding is tied expressly to the character’s experience, behavior, and/or worldview."

By Kit Frick | April 28, 2022

The State of the Crime Novel in 2022, Part 2: Genre, Publishing, and What to Read Next

The State of the Crime Novel in 2022, Part 2: Genre, Publishing, and What to Read Next

"Noir is a state of mind regardless of genre." - S. A. Cosby

By Molly Odintz | April 27, 2022

"Perception, self-deception, and truth": Soon Wiley Talks Craft and Character

"When it comes to my characters, I almost always start with their desires."

By Molly Odintz | April 27, 2022

Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

When the writing gets personal...

By Alma Katsu | April 27, 2022

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

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