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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

Malka Older on Using Genre to Explore New Ideas

Malka Older on Using Genre to Explore New Ideas

Alex Dueben talks to the beloved sci-fi and mystery writer

By Alex Dueben | June 19, 2025

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

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

You haven't seen advertisements like these!

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 18, 2025

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

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

Rav Grewal-Kök on the Enduring Literary Legacy of an Undisputed Master of the Spy Novel

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

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By CrimeReads | June 16, 2025

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

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 13, 2025

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

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

<em>Knives Out 3</em> Has a New Teaser Trailer!

Knives Out 3 Has a New Teaser Trailer!

The clues are mounting!

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 11, 2025

Laurie R. King on Historical Fiction and the Joy of True Characters Too Wild to Make Up

Laurie R. King on Historical Fiction and the Joy of True Characters Too Wild to Make Up

Discovering characters in the world of Mary Russell (and Sherlock Holmes).

By Laurie R. King | June 11, 2025

Jurassic Vistas and Lost Voices: The Hurdles and Joys of Research in Fiji

Jurassic Vistas and Lost Voices: The Hurdles and Joys of Research in Fiji

On the trials, tribulations, and many rewards of doing research properly

By Nilima Rao | June 11, 2025

Art, Forgery, and Obsession: On Cinema and the World of Art

Art, Forgery, and Obsession: On Cinema and the World of Art

Five films that will give you "a taste of the art world’s high-stakes glamor and power"

By Katherine Reay | June 11, 2025

Elmore Leonard: Birth of the Cool

Elmore Leonard: Birth of the Cool

In an excerpt from the new biography, Cooler than Cool, Leonard discovers his crime fiction voice after reading George V. Higgins, while balancing a burgeoning career in screenwriting.

By C.M. Kushins | June 10, 2025

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