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    7 International Crime Novels You Should Read This November

    7 International Crime Novels You Should Read This November

    Argentine scrabble crimes, Mexican macabre, and a new Jo Nesbø

    By CrimeReads | November 19, 2020

    Can You Write Your Deepest Fears Into Existence?

    Can You Write Your Deepest Fears Into Existence?

    In writing fiction, many authors find that the pain they inflict on characters returns to them down the line.

    By Stav Sherez | November 19, 2020

    Why Writing About Cults—and People Who Join Them—Is Never Easy

    Why Writing About Cults—and People Who Join Them—Is Never Easy

    40 years after Jonestown, an author reflects on the empathy gap between those who joined, and those who think they never would.

    By Courtney Summers | November 18, 2020

    Aileen Wuornos and the Powerful Allure of (Certain) Serial Killers

    Aileen Wuornos and the Powerful Allure of (Certain) Serial Killers

    What my fascination with Aileen Wuornos taught me about the strange relationship between violent offenders and their many fans.

    By Phyllis Chesler | November 18, 2020

    My Mother, The Mystery Writer

    My Mother, The Mystery Writer

    Orania Papazoglou, aka Jane Haddam, was a complicated woman who wrote about complicated people.

    By Matthew DeAndrea | November 18, 2020

    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 | November 16, 2020

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
    • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
    • Queen of Lombard Street
    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
    • The Turning of Sally-Mae

    C.J. Box on Big Sky, Big Twists, and Bringing a New Western Thriller to Montana

    By Michael Barson | November 16, 2020

    What Ozark Gets Wrong: The Latest Tricks in International Money Laundering

    By Michael Niemann | November 13, 2020

    It's Time To Add Some Magic to Your Cozies

    By Jennifer J. Chow | November 13, 2020

    Writing Outside Representation

    Writing Outside Representation

    E.A. Aymar talks with fellow crime writers about appropriation, and how to write across identity lines responsibly.

    By E.A. Aymar | November 12, 2020

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | November 12, 2020

    The tortuous literary puzzle <em>Cain's Jawbone</em> has been solved for the first time since 1934

    The tortuous literary puzzle Cain's Jawbone has been solved for the first time since 1934

    Only three people have ever cracked it. The most recent sleuth did it during pandemic lockdown.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | November 11, 2020

    Inside Trump's Long War Against the American Intelligence Community

    Inside Trump's Long War Against the American Intelligence Community

    Of all the institutions Trump has undermined, his attacks on the US intelligence apparatus, grounded in the bizarre and egotistical, may be the most harmful for long-term security.

    By Robert Littell | November 11, 2020

    How One Writer Was Drawn Into a Decades Old Murder Mystery at Harvard

    How One Writer Was Drawn Into a Decades Old Murder Mystery at Harvard

    A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

    By Becky Cooper | November 10, 2020

    The True Story of Rose Dugdale, The Woman Who Stole Vermeer

    The True Story of Rose Dugdale, The Woman Who Stole Vermeer

    In the 1970s she led a string of high-profile, politically motivated art heists. Her legacy is still under hot debate.

    By Anthony Amore | November 10, 2020

    Women and Crime Writing: We’ve Always Been Detectives

    Women and Crime Writing: We’ve Always Been Detectives

    Psychological thrillers and true crime stories may be booming with women now, but it's part of a centuries-old trend.

    By Emily Schultz | November 9, 2020

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