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The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

To achieve her dream, T.J. Newman first had to cope with the bad news, again and again.

By T.J. Newman | July 6, 2021

How Agatha Christie Helped Popularize Surfing—Yes, Surfing

How Agatha Christie Helped Popularize Surfing—Yes, Surfing

The Queen of Crime was a woman of adventure.

By Jim Kempton | July 6, 2021

7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture

7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture "The Oddness of the Moment in Question"

Will these protagonists succumb to the rigid spaces of adulthood, or rebel and find a path all their own?

By Rachel Donohue | July 6, 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 | July 5, 2021

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? July 4th Edition

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? July 4th Edition

Families on the run, gangsters in Berlin, and spies in Warsaw.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 2, 2021

7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

These books center the experiences of murder victims by allowing them to tell their own stories.

By Hilary Davidson | July 2, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Heather Levy on Sex, Drugs, Chronic Pain, and Her New Novel

By Unlikeable Female Characters | July 1, 2021

Five Great Movies Based on Patricia Highsmith Books (That Aren't the Ripley Adaptations)

By Tanner Tafelski | July 1, 2021

A Quiet Hero: Why George Smiley Is and Always Has Been the Protagonist We Need

By Neil Sharpson | July 1, 2021

What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

On The New Golden Age of Suburban Noir

By Aggie Blum Thompson | July 1, 2021

Cadaver Dogs: A Nose for Murder

Cadaver Dogs: A Nose for Murder

Sure, they're not as glamorous as a search and rescue pup or a Covid-sniffing Labrador, but cadaver dogs get the job done.

By Jeffrey B. Burton | July 1, 2021

The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: June 2021

The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: June 2021

Featuring new books by Laura Lippman, Leonardo Padura, P.J. Vernon, and more.

By CrimeReads | June 30, 2021

American Dreamers: On Frank Lucas, Jay-Z and a New York City Crime Epic

American Dreamers: On Frank Lucas, Jay-Z and a New York City Crime Epic

Talking with Jay-Z about growing up in New York, the gangster dream, and finding inspiration from a bygone era.

By Michael Gonzales | June 30, 2021

Stop Using Public Housing For Your Misery Porn

Stop Using Public Housing For Your Misery Porn

Housing projects are places of struggle, but also optimism; they are full of human lives, and alive with human stories.

By Gabriel Krauze | June 30, 2021

Seven Mystery Novels Where the Crimes Are Motivated by Books

Seven Mystery Novels Where the Crimes Are Motivated by Books

"A first edition may, indeed, lead to first-degree murder."

By Kate Carlisle | June 30, 2021

The PI of Color: When It’s About More Than the Crime

The PI of Color: When It’s About More Than the Crime

"I had to acknowledge that diverse characters, in whatever genre, straddle a fence. One side of the fence represents who they are, the other represents how society sees and accepts them."

By Tracy Clark | June 29, 2021

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