The Backlist: Reading Alison Gaylin's 'What Remains of Me' with Alafair Burke

The Backlist: Reading Alison Gaylin's 'What Remains of Me' with Alafair Burke

Burke and Polly Stewart revisit Gaylin's twisty two-timeline Hollywood thriller.

By Polly Stewart | April 3, 2025

And we have a clip from Season 2 of <em>Poker Face</em>!

And we have a clip from Season 2 of Poker Face!

A peek into Season Two of Rian Johnson's long-awaited PI show is here!

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 2, 2025

Bryan Gruley on Research, Inspiration, and a Notorious Hockey Fight

Bryan Gruley on Research, Inspiration, and a Notorious Hockey Fight

Finding a story's emotional truth.

By Bryan Gruley | April 2, 2025

Power and Punishment: Using the Language of Fantasy to Subvert Real-Life Oppression

Power and Punishment: Using the Language of Fantasy to Subvert Real-Life Oppression

"[I]t is in this interplay between power, its exercise, and its fettering that the fantasy genre’s subversive nature shines."

By Shalini Abeysekara | April 2, 2025

Deanna Raybourn on Returning to her “Genteel Psychopaths” in <em>Kills Well with Others<em>

Deanna Raybourn on Returning to her “Genteel Psychopaths” in Kills Well with Others

The author chats with Elizabeth Held about liking her characters, picking a narrator, and analyzing our culture's changing relationship with aging

By Elizabeth Held | April 1, 2025

7 New Books Coming Out This Week

7 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | March 31, 2025

Best Reviewed
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  • 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

Wait, What?: How Exactly Does the Joker's Getaway School Bus Blend in When It's Visibly Damaged?

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 28, 2025

There Is Only One Plot – Things Are Not As They Seem

By C.B. Everett | March 28, 2025

Ashley Winstead On True Crime Obsession, Amateur Sleuths, and the Weight of Grieving

By Jenny Bartoy | March 27, 2025

Best Bank Robbery Masks in Crime Movies

Best Bank Robbery Masks in Crime Movies

Ex-presidents, clowns, hockey players, and more

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 26, 2025

Crime Writers Come Together in Support of Trans Rights

Crime Writers Come Together in Support of Trans Rights

From March 26th to March 31st, over 100 crime writers are participating in an auction to support the Transgender Law Center

By Molly Odintz | March 26, 2025

Chris Offutt on Outlaws, Scofflaws, and Kentucky Noir

Chris Offutt on Outlaws, Scofflaws, and Kentucky Noir

A conversation with the author of the new novel, 'The Reluctant Sheriff'

By Alex Dueben | March 26, 2025

The Age of Discontentment: Tess Gerritsen on Senior Crime Solvers and Subverting Expectations

The Age of Discontentment: Tess Gerritsen on Senior Crime Solvers and Subverting Expectations

The author discusses the latest novel in her new series, The Martini Club.

By John B. Valeri | March 26, 2025

Bog Gothic, or

Bog Gothic, or "Bogothic": When Bogs Seep Into Literature

"[B]ogs and bog bodies are excellent material for a thriller, mystery novel, or scary story."

By Johanna Van Veen | March 25, 2025

Kill Your TV: How a Childhood Free of the Idiot Box Gave Katy Hays the Power of Attention

Kill Your TV: How a Childhood Free of the Idiot Box Gave Katy Hays the Power of Attention

"I am wired, I notice with increasing frequency, for things that develop more slowly, more deliberately."

By Katy Hays | March 25, 2025

How to Create a Character for Our (or Any Other) Unjust Time

How to Create a Character for Our (or Any Other) Unjust Time

Ron Currie on writing fiction through a dark period.

By Ron Currie | March 25, 2025

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