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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

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

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

This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

By Unlikeable Female Characters | July 1, 2021

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

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

New wave cinema is full of interesting Highsmith adaptations you may have missed.

By Tanner Tafelski | July 1, 2021

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

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

"...a play in which the hero kept silent and everyone round him spoke incessantly"

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Cadaver Dogs: A Nose for Murder

By Jeffrey B. Burton | July 1, 2021

The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: June 2021

By CrimeReads | June 30, 2021

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

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

The Crime Books Top Authors Read Twice Because They’re Just That Good

The Crime Books Top Authors Read Twice Because They’re Just That Good

Kate White asked fellow authors Harlan Coben, Lisa Unger, Alafair Burke and others about the books they keep revisiting.

By Kate White | June 29, 2021

The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

Obsessives and eccentrics populate the fishing world. You better know your stuff if you're going to set your crime fiction there.

By John Galligan | June 29, 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 | June 28, 2021

Immortalizing Jack Reacher

Immortalizing Jack Reacher

Authors of long-running series face a difficult question: how should their characters age?

By J.A. Crawford | June 28, 2021

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