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Jane Harper: The Australian Crime Author Everyone Seems to Be Reading

Jane Harper: The Australian Crime Author Everyone Seems to Be Reading

Since her breakout debut, The Dry, Harper has become an international sensation. Expect much more to come.

By Daneet Steffens | February 3, 2021

In Psychological Thrillers, The Abyss Stares Back

In Psychological Thrillers, The Abyss Stares Back

How psychological thrillers allow us a glimpse into the unexplored universes of the mind.

By Sebastian Fitzek | February 3, 2021

Jonathan Kellerman Wants to Know Why Crime Fiction Has Such a Hard Time with Mental Health Professionals

Jonathan Kellerman Wants to Know Why Crime Fiction Has Such a Hard Time with Mental Health Professionals

Forty years later, many of the shrink clichés persist. The creator of the Alex Delaware series asks, why?

By Jonathan Kellerman | February 2, 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 | February 1, 2021

Now, More Than Ever, Is the Time for 'Escapist Fiction'

Now, More Than Ever, Is the Time for 'Escapist Fiction'

The need for escape over the past year has blurred the lines of an already hazy demarcation between literature and genre fiction.

By V. M. Burns | February 1, 2021

The Identity Thief and White Collar Criminal Who Perfected the Art of Stolen Identities

The Identity Thief and White Collar Criminal Who Perfected the Art of Stolen Identities

In 1997, a former Army Intelligence Officer decided to disappear, and embarked on a decades-long project of mass identity fraud.

By Jeff Testerman and Daniel M. Freed | February 1, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How Do You Write an Isolation Thriller When Everyone Is Connected All of the Time?

By Zoje Stage | January 29, 2021

The Best Reviewed Crime Novels of the Month: January 2021

By CrimeReads | January 29, 2021

My First Thriller: Randy Wayne White

By Rick Pullen | January 28, 2021

On the Art of the Plot Twist

On the Art of the Plot Twist

"Psycho" and "Les Diaboliques" shocked audiences with their unpredictable revelations. What made them so effective?

By Milan Terlunen | January 28, 2021

A Science Fiction Author's Pointers for Worldbuilding with Negative Space

A Science Fiction Author's Pointers for Worldbuilding with Negative Space

"A great deal of worldbuilding can happen with what is left unsaid."

By Stina Leicht | January 28, 2021

Marie Dean Arrington: The Woman Who Fled From a Florida Electric Chair

Marie Dean Arrington: The Woman Who Fled From a Florida Electric Chair

Criminal Broads Presents: Most Wanted

By Tori Telfer | January 27, 2021

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

On Nevada’s 1940 "One-Cent Hitchhiker Slaying"

By Curtis Evans | January 27, 2021

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

A look at five films where morality is supplanted by need

By Thomas H. Carry | January 27, 2021

10 Debut Novels You Should Read in January

10 Debut Novels You Should Read in January

Rural noir, family thrillers, and coming-of-age mysteries.

By CrimeReads | January 27, 2021

John le Carré Offered a Piece of Advice to a Struggling Novelist. She'll Never Forget It.

John le Carré Offered a Piece of Advice to a Struggling Novelist. She'll Never Forget It.

When Kate Weinberg met David Cornwell, she was determined not to mention to him the crime novel she was struggling to plot.

By Kate Weinberg | January 26, 2021

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