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What Fictional Violence Teaches Us About the Real Thing (and Vice Versa)

What Fictional Violence Teaches Us About the Real Thing (and Vice Versa)

After experiencing a brutal attack by a complete stranger, Jennifer Fawcett had to rethink everything she knew about writing violence

By Jennifer Fawcett | October 9, 2025

Kaley Cuoco is in a third crime show!

Kaley Cuoco is in a third crime show!

"Vanished" premieres in February of next year

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 8, 2025

The Enduring Appeal of a Shipwreck Mystery

The Enduring Appeal of a Shipwreck Mystery

Anbara Salam on the HMS Terror, arctic voyages, and writing a novel about exploring the depths

By Anbara Salam | October 8, 2025

Some Musings on Arthur Conan Doyle's Interest in Spiritualism

Some Musings on Arthur Conan Doyle's Interest in Spiritualism

Kiri Callaghan has some thoughts.

By Kiri Callaghan | October 8, 2025

Bad Boys with Bikes: <br>A Brief Appreciation of Queer Biking Culture

Bad Boys with Bikes:
A Brief Appreciation of Queer Biking Culture

"[T]he oldest continuous gay rights organization in the US is, in fact, a motorcycle club."

By Lev AC Rosen | October 7, 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 6, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Wake Yourself Up With These Caffeinated Mysteries!

By Naomi Kaye | October 6, 2025

Cheap, Quick, and Dirty: Five Noirs from Hollywood's Poverty Row

By Alex Rollins Berg | October 3, 2025

Remember The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 3, 2025

<em>In Cold Blood</em>, The Gay Panic Defense, and the Murder of John Walter Mooney

In Cold Blood, The Gay Panic Defense, and the Murder of John Walter Mooney

60 years after the publication of Capote's masterpiece, one detail evokes the history of homophobic crimes and shameful excuses, then and now

By Carsten Andresen | October 3, 2025

The 15 Best Mafia Comedies

The 15 Best Mafia Comedies

Leave the gun, take the remote!

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 2, 2025

A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment

A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment

Authors from a new anthology explore the crimes, injustices, and consequences of this existential crisis

By Curtis Ippolito | October 2, 2025

Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

Nick Kolakowski on the Settings, Shane-Black-isms, and Signature Leitmotifs of a Long Cinematic Career

By Nick Kolakowski | October 1, 2025

Let's Do the Crime Warp: Keith Roysdon Makes The Case for Keeping Settings Vintage in Contemporary Productions

Let's Do the Crime Warp: Keith Roysdon Makes The Case for Keeping Settings Vintage in Contemporary Productions

"[C]rime stories produced in contemporary times but set in the past are just as enticing and have the additional benefit of hindsight."

By Keith Roysdon | October 1, 2025

The Backlist: Reading Kate Elizabeth Russell's

The Backlist: Reading Kate Elizabeth Russell's "My Dark Vanessa" with Attica Locke

Locke and Polly Stewart revisit Russell's powerhouse debut in the wake of #metoo and renewed misogyny

By Polly Stewart | October 1, 2025

Twenty Years of <em>Capote</em>

Twenty Years of Capote

Julia Sirmons looks back on Bennett Miller's classic film

By Julia Sirmons | September 30, 2025

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