Who is Dora Myrl, Victorian Lady Detective?

Who is Dora Myrl, Victorian Lady Detective?

This obscure detective character from 1899 speaks to the tension about a women's "place" in society.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2025

All the Other times the Louvre was Robbed

All the Other times the Louvre was Robbed

I'm detecting a pattern...

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 21, 2025

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 | October 20, 2025

Behind the Screams: Ashley Cullins Unmasks Your Favorite Scary Movie Franchise

Behind the Screams: Ashley Cullins Unmasks Your Favorite Scary Movie Franchise

John Valeri interviews the author of a new book offering a comprehensive history of the Scream films

By John B. Valeri | October 20, 2025

Digital Gold, Different Rules: How Japan's Cryptocurrency Hacks Reveals a Nation's Two-Tiered Justice System

Digital Gold, Different Rules: How Japan's Cryptocurrency Hacks Reveals a Nation's Two-Tiered Justice System

"The cracks started small—like most disasters...Somewhere in the wires, millions of bitcoins had vanished."

By Jake Adelstein | October 17, 2025

Olivia Rutigliano Talks to Caroline Reitz About Female Anger and Crime Fiction

Olivia Rutigliano Talks to Caroline Reitz About Female Anger and Crime Fiction

A conversation about contemporary politics, feminism, murder, rage, Sara Paretsky, Audre Lorde, "You," tradwives, and more!

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 16, 2025

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Which Horror Novel Should You Read Next, Based On Your Favorite A24 Horror Film?

By Carson Faust | October 16, 2025

Chris Kraus on How Crime Writing Can Be an Entry To a Shattered Community

By Chris Kraus | October 16, 2025

Doubles and Doppelgangers in a World in Crisis

By Nicholas Binge | October 15, 2025

Why Romance and Horror Make a Happily Ever After

Why Romance and Horror Make a Happily Ever After

"Horror raises the stakes while romance deepens the meaning"

By Trilina Pucci | October 15, 2025

Almost-Horror Movies

Almost-Horror Movies

Thrillers that teeter on the edge of horror, to kick your Halloween viewing off right

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 14, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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By CrimeReads | October 14, 2025

Hannah Beer On The Costs and Consequences of Celebrity Culture

Hannah Beer On The Costs and Consequences of Celebrity Culture

"[O]nce you have everything, what—or who—are you willing to sacrifice to maintain it?"

By Hannah Beer | October 14, 2025

Five Horror Films Set in Hospitals

Five Horror Films Set in Hospitals

Caitling Starling considers the cinema of medicalized body horror

By Caitlin Starling | October 14, 2025

Your guide to transportation horror-cide

Your guide to transportation horror-cide

Planes, trains, and automobiles... of doom!

By John Hornor Jacobs | October 10, 2025

Sophie Hannah On How She Writes a Poirot Novel

Sophie Hannah On How She Writes a Poirot Novel

“You want to be able to almost flaunt the clues and draw the reader's attention to them, safe in the knowledge that no one will actually work it out.” 

By Alex Dueben | October 10, 2025

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