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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    June 27, 2022  By CrimeReads 
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    Norman Lloyd, King of the Hitchcock Collaborators

    He performed one of the most famous deaths in cinema. He went on to a very long life, collaborating with the great director.

    June 24, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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    Triggered: Gun Crazy in America

    Michael Gonzales: "As a kid coming of age in 1970s New York City, I grew-up in a cultural environment that celebrated guns and encouraged young boys to daydream about owning one."

    June 23, 2022  By Michael Gonzales
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    Death Goes Drag: How the Queer Experiences of Mystery Writers Rufus King and Clifford Orr Influenced Their Golden Age Detective Fiction

    Skilled at switching gender roles in masquerade, King and Orr translated their college drag experiences into queer-coded fiction.

    June 23, 2022  By Curtis Evans
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    On Writing Unlikeable Characters

    (And Falling in Love with Them)

    June 23, 2022  By Kate Williams
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    The Month's Best Debut Crime Novels: June 2022

    Featuring first novels from Katie Gutierrez, Samantha Allen, Adam White, and more.

    June 22, 2022  By CrimeReads 
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    In Defense of Unsympathetic Protagonists

    Jon Bassoff on Camus, Thompson, Highsmith, and a long line of authors writing protagonists who win bring us to the dark side.

    June 22, 2022  By Jon Bassoff
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    What to Read, Watch, and Stream if You're Obsessed with Female Con Artists

    Julie Clark on the women who grift, con, and bamboozle their way into our collective consciousness.

    June 22, 2022  By Julie Clark
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    All Agents Defect: Espionage in the Films of David Cronenberg

    While the director is often tied up with body horror, the great themes of espionage fiction are present in nearly all his work.

    June 21, 2022  By Zach Vasquez
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    Aya de León and Cleyvis Natera On Gentrification, Justice, and Latinx Fiction

    "I often envision a world where borders don’t exist."

    June 21, 2022  By Aya de Leon
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