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Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

Northern Irish writers are often instructed to tamp down their regionalism by London publishers. It's time to set aside safe bets and embrace unique voices.

By Stuart Neville | September 9, 2021

My First Thriller: James Grady

My First Thriller: James Grady

In 1971, a young Capitol Hill staffer walked by an old townhouse and wondered if it could be a CIA front. The idea would become Six Days of the Condor.

By Rick Pullen | September 9, 2021

Transformation and Transcendence in <br>1980s Body Horror

Transformation and Transcendence in
1980s Body Horror

On David Cronenberg, Clive Barker, and the embrace of the grotesque as a representation of lived experience.

By Darryl Jones | September 9, 2021

No One Has Ever Lived In The Past. So How Can Writers Accurately Represent History?

No One Has Ever Lived In The Past. So How Can Writers Accurately Represent History?

On The Challenges of Writing Historical Crime Fiction

By James R. Benn | September 9, 2021

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 | September 7, 2021

10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

Go behind the scenes in these tales of love, murder and revenge among the glitterati.

By Helen Walsh | September 7, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir

By Ian Rankin | September 7, 2021

Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

By Daneet Steffens | September 7, 2021

In Only Murders in the Building, a mystery isn't a mystery until it's a production

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 3, 2021

'The Way of the Gun’ Was a Nihilistic Rebuke To Everything Cool in Nineties Crime Cinema

'The Way of the Gun’ Was a Nihilistic Rebuke To Everything Cool in Nineties Crime Cinema

And it deserves a cult status of its own.

By Nick Kolakowski | September 3, 2021

The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War

The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War

The Neutral Netherlands spent WWI riddled with spies, secret agents, and deserters. Their stories are incomplete, and all the more fascinating for it.

By Anna Lee Huber | September 3, 2021

How <em>The French Connection</em> Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

How The French Connection Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

William Friedkin's 1971 masterpiece is all about the chase. That's what distinguishes it from everything that came before and after.

By Chris McGinley | September 2, 2021

What to Stream This September: Robert Redford's Crime Movies

What to Stream This September: Robert Redford's Crime Movies

Nothing takes you from the end of summer to the start of fall like a Robert Redford movie

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 2, 2021

Why Artifacts Should Be Returned To Their Countries of Origin: A Look Inside The Debate

Why Artifacts Should Be Returned To Their Countries of Origin: A Look Inside The Debate

Many nations have acknowledged that their treasures come from a history of plunder, but they're rather divided on what to give back.

By Gill Paul | September 2, 2021

12 Crime Novels You Should Read This September

12 Crime Novels You Should Read This September

Northern Irish noir, lakeside horror, plenty of psychological thrillers, and a new novel from Colson Whitehead.

By CrimeReads | September 1, 2021

Remembering <em>Harry O</em>, The Seventies' Second Best, Mostly Forgotten Private Eye Series

Remembering Harry O, The Seventies' Second Best, Mostly Forgotten Private Eye Series

'The Rockford Files' may have outshone the darker noir of 'Harry O', but David Janssen's gumshoe series had lofty ambitions, too.

By J. Kingston Pierce | September 1, 2021

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