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    12 New Books You Should Read This August

    12 New Books You Should Read This August

    The Month's Best Crime Fiction, Mysteries, and Thrillers

    By CrimeReads | August 1, 2019

    6 Rules for Writing Realistic, Meaningful Gunfights

    6 Rules for Writing Realistic, Meaningful Gunfights

    "Gunfights are chaos events...Nothing is clear, no one is heroic, self-urination is quite common."

    By Stephen Hunter | August 1, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #43

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #43

    The Big Heat (1953)

    By Otto Penzler | August 1, 2019

    Korean Noir: A Guide to the Classics

    Korean Noir: A Guide to the Classics

    From the 1950s to today, Korean cinema has been turning out some of the best, strangest, most searching noirs ever made.

    By Tanner Tafelski | July 31, 2019

    The Secrets of the <br>Forensic Artist

    The Secrets of the
    Forensic Artist

    Facial reconstructions, crime scene sketches, and lots of erasers—all in a day's work for forensic artists.

    By Carrie Stuart Parks | July 31, 2019

    July's Best Book Covers

    July's Best Book Covers

    The Best Book Designs in Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

    By CrimeReads | July 31, 2019

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Etna
    • Triage
    • The Amateur
    • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
    • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
    • Sunrise
    • A Tender Age
    • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
    • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
    • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of July

    By CrimeReads | July 31, 2019

    The Evolution of True Crime Memoirs

    By Lisa Levy | July 29, 2019

    Back in Time at the
    Edo-Tokyo Museum

    By Susan Spann | July 29, 2019

    July's Best Debut Crime Novels and Thrillers

    July's Best Debut Crime Novels and Thrillers

    First-Time Novelists Making Notable Debuts

    By CrimeReads | July 26, 2019

    Remembering Gore Vidal's Slyly Subversive Mystery Novels

    Remembering Gore Vidal's Slyly Subversive Mystery Novels

    He was blacklisted by the literary establishment. So he turned to mystery fiction, and gave the world a very new kind of detective.

    By David Masciotra | July 26, 2019

    15 Books to Read if You're an <br>Adult Who Loves <em>Veronica Mars</em>

    15 Books to Read if You're an
    Adult Who Loves Veronica Mars

    1984 reference. Did you read that in weightlifting?"">"Wow, a 1984 reference. Did you read that in weightlifting?"

    By Emily Temple | July 26, 2019

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Noir

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Noir

    10 classic noirs set in Hollywood studios, backlots, and writers' flops—directors and audiences can't resist the city's dreamers.

    By Zach Vasquez | July 25, 2019

    July's Best International Crime Fiction

    July's Best International Crime Fiction

    Nordic Noir, Corruption in Rome, and Locked Doors in Japan

    By CrimeReads | July 24, 2019

    Far-Flung Thrillers for World Travelers

    Far-Flung Thrillers for World Travelers

    A good book makes the best companion for international travel.

    By Daniel Nieh | July 24, 2019

    The Art of Setting Your Crime Novel in a Not-So-Distant Past

    The Art of Setting Your Crime Novel in a Not-So-Distant Past

    How crime authors capture the little details of life in the 1960s, 70s, and other evocative eras of recent history.

    By Wendy Corsi Staub | July 24, 2019

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