12 True Crime Podcasts to Listen to This Summer

12 True Crime Podcasts to Listen to This Summer

Breaking Down the Best Crime Podcasts of 2019 (So Far)

By Emily Stein | June 6, 2019

Agatha Christie and the Case of the Unwieldy Adaptation

Agatha Christie and the Case of the Unwieldy Adaptation

Christie knew when to stop writing a detective novel. Today's flashy adaptations over-embellish the source material.

By Radha Vatsal | June 6, 2019

The History of Queer True Crime and the Legacy of Tom Ripley

The History of Queer True Crime and the Legacy of Tom Ripley

Queerness in crime fiction, and the long history of real crimes against gay men

By James Polchin | June 5, 2019

Why Women Are Spearheading the True Crime Renaissance

Why Women Are Spearheading the True Crime Renaissance

On My Favorite Murder, True Crime Memoirs, and Bearing Witness

By Scarlett Harris | June 5, 2019

Psychological Thrillers Demand Complex Villains

Psychological Thrillers Demand Complex Villains

On Finding Ambiguity in Characters and Figures We Disdain

By Nathan Ripley | June 5, 2019

June's Best New Crime Novels and Thrillers

June's Best New Crime Novels and Thrillers

11 Essential Books from the World of Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

By CrimeReads | June 4, 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

James Ellroy, David Milch and a Dark, Twisted Vision of History

By Zach Vasquez | June 4, 2019

Cold War Crime Fiction, Then and Now

By Timothy Jay Smith | June 4, 2019

The Many Mysteries of Oxford

By Paul French | June 3, 2019

Behind the Scenes of the True Crime Podcasting Boom

Behind the Scenes of the True Crime Podcasting Boom

Talking new seasons, innovative storytelling, and the future of crime podcasts with Wondery's Chief Content Officer, Marshall Lewy.

By Emily Stein | May 31, 2019

Wild Bill, We Hardly Knew Ye

Wild Bill, We Hardly Knew Ye

On Deadwood's real-life origins, legendary figures, and why Wild Bill Hickok had to die so that the town could live.

By Nathan Ward | May 31, 2019

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #53

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #53

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

By Otto Penzler | May 30, 2019

The Best Book Covers of May

The Best Book Covers of May

The Best Book Designs in Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

By CrimeReads | May 30, 2019

Kazuko Fukuda: The Woman of Seven Faces

Kazuko Fukuda: The Woman of Seven Faces

Criminal Broads Presents the Life of a Japanese Fugitive

By Tori Telfer | May 30, 2019

John Douglas on His Life's Work: Talking with Killers

John Douglas on His Life's Work: Talking with Killers

John Douglas was a groundbreaking FBI profiler and interviewed the world's worst killers. Now, he looks back at the darkest cases.

By Lisa Levy | May 29, 2019

On Chicago, and the Joys and Agonies of Choosing a Setting for Your Crime Novel

On Chicago, and the Joys and Agonies of Choosing a Setting for Your Crime Novel

Hop off the double decker bus and get lost in the Windy City....

By Tracy Clark | May 29, 2019

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