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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 | September 2, 2025

New Crime Series to Stream During This Holiday Weekend

New Crime Series to Stream During This Holiday Weekend

Moody high-schoolers, stressed politicians, and prolific serial killers

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 29, 2025

Danny DeVito, Director

Danny DeVito, Director

The beloved actor/producer has helmed his share of crime films, with a remake on the way

By Vince Keenan | August 28, 2025

Show, Don't Tell: Donna Leon's Timeless Lessons for Well-Crafted Books

Show, Don't Tell: Donna Leon's Timeless Lessons for Well-Crafted Books

Leon analyzes Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer novels and finds new lessons for writers in their well-worn pages

By Donna Leon | August 28, 2025

The Environmental Anxiety of <em>The Sisters Brothers</em>

The Environmental Anxiety of The Sisters Brothers

Jacques Audiard's adaptation of Patrick deWitt's novel is a forward-thinking, ecologically-moral fable

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 27, 2025

Good Bad Guys: Tim Lebbon On Crafting Villains

Good Bad Guys: Tim Lebbon On Crafting Villains

What makes a terrible person a great character? Showing their humanity.

By Tim Lebbon | August 27, 2025

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10 New Books Out This Week

By CrimeReads | August 25, 2025

Eli Cranor Talks Contact Sports, Crime Fiction, and Community

By Kevin Canfield | August 25, 2025

Karin Slaughter Is "Writing for Entertainment, But...Firmly Planted in Reality"

By John B. Valeri | August 25, 2025

<em>The Old Man and the Gun</em> is a Happy Memory

The Old Man and the Gun is a Happy Memory

Olivia Rutigliano looks at Robert Redford's bank-robbing pseudo-swan-song

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 22, 2025

The Golem of Circuitry: On the Power of Language and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence

The Golem of Circuitry: On the Power of Language and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence

"Since I’m currently fixated on... narratives that explore the potentiality of artificial existence, I started connecting dots between the invention of imitative life, the actual spark of divinity, and the puissance of language itself."

By Lyndsay Faye | August 22, 2025

Writing Neurodivergence in Crime Fiction

Writing Neurodivergence in Crime Fiction

Amie Schaumberg on crafting a character whose differences become her greatest strengths

By Amie Schaumberg | August 21, 2025

On Horror, Grief, and the Mothers Who Won’t Hear You

On Horror, Grief, and the Mothers Who Won’t Hear You

Ania Ahlborn on the secret scariest part of the horror story.

By Ania Ahlborn | August 21, 2025

Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Quentin Tarantino Movie

Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Quentin Tarantino Movie

The legendary director broke down his oeuvre... and the results are exciting.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 20, 2025

On the many connections between the performing arts and organized crime

On the many connections between the performing arts and organized crime

Morgan Richter reminds us that there’s no business like shady business

By Morgan Richter | August 20, 2025

The History of the Orient Express

The History of the Orient Express

The iconic train line was changed forever by Agatha Christie's iconic mystery.

By Sulari Gentill | August 19, 2025

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