Dying on the Stage: Seven Mysteries Set in the Theater

Dying on the Stage: Seven Mysteries Set in the Theater

It's curtains for the characters of these classic novels

By Dianne Freeman | June 23, 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 | June 23, 2025

How To Write About the Very Recent Past In a Rapidly Changing World

How To Write About the Very Recent Past In a Rapidly Changing World

To capture the just-past, first envision the near future

By Carl Shuker | June 23, 2025

Rob Hart on “The Medusa Protocol” and the Challenges of Writing a Thriller Sequel

Rob Hart on “The Medusa Protocol” and the Challenges of Writing a Thriller Sequel

The bestselling author discusses how he immersed himself in a world of recovering assassins.

By Nick Kolakowski | June 23, 2025

How to Improvise a Locked Room Murder Mystery

How to Improvise a Locked Room Murder Mystery

Author Bianca Marais found the more she outlined, the less inclined she was to write. But could she finish a murder mystery without a master plan?

By Bianca Marais | June 20, 2025

Hot Summer Movies for Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Movies for Hot Summer Days

Our editor Olivia Rutigliano rounds up some of the sweatiest crime movies ever made

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 20, 2025

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Malka Older on Using Genre to Explore New Ideas

By Alex Dueben | June 19, 2025

Quiz: Can You Guess These Classic Crime and Thriller Films From their Alarming International Movie Posters?

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 18, 2025

A Writer For Our Time: Why John le Carré's Work Remains More Essential Than Ever

By Rav Grewal-Kök | June 18, 2025

Powerful Women from the Underworld of History

Powerful Women from the Underworld of History

On the mafia queens, criminal masterminds, and black widows of the 20th century

By Erin Bledsoe | June 17, 2025

Infusing Eastern Philosophy into a Climate Thriller

Infusing Eastern Philosophy into a Climate Thriller

"[O]ur interconnectedness can illuminate possibilities for a future with humanity and Earth in balance"

By Dheepa R. Maturi | June 17, 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 | June 16, 2025

The 1928 Production of <em>Macbeth</em> That Presented Lady Macbeth as a Flapper

The 1928 Production of Macbeth That Presented Lady Macbeth as a Flapper

The English audience did... not like it!

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 13, 2025

Caroline Fraser On Serial Killers, Lead Poisoning, and Other Midcentury Disasters

Caroline Fraser On Serial Killers, Lead Poisoning, and Other Midcentury Disasters

The author of "Murderland" talks with Molly Odintz about the intersection of public policy and violent crime

By Molly Odintz | June 13, 2025

Everything’s Coming Up Cozies

Everything’s Coming Up Cozies

Karen Dukess on why the crime fiction world is embracing the cozy mystery.

By Karen Dukess | June 13, 2025

Frederick Forsyth: An Editor's Remembrance

Frederick Forsyth: An Editor's Remembrance

Neil Nyren recalls his first time working with the great thriller author.

By Neil Nyren | June 12, 2025

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