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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

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 | March 24, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Which Kind of Martini is Each James Bond?

By Olivia Rutigliano and John Buffalo Mailer | March 21, 2025

Great Middle Grade Mysteries for All Ages

By Alyson Gerber | March 21, 2025

A Brief History of 1970s Disaster Movies

By Keith Roysdon | March 21, 2025

The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

How family histories and secrets serve as catalysts for criminal behavior and plot development.

By January Gilchrist | March 21, 2025

Detections and Digressions: <br>A Close Reading of P.D. James’ <em>Devices and Desires</em>

Detections and Digressions:
A Close Reading of P.D. James’ Devices and Desires

James set out to capture British society more broadly than her predecessors, yet her novels had more in common with the Golden Age than she ever cared to admit

By Curtis Evans | March 20, 2025

Sherlock Holmes <br>Vs. the French

Sherlock Holmes
Vs. the French

On Holmes's smack-talk about French detectives

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 19, 2025

Elon Green on the 1980s Police Brutality Case That Brought New York's Art Scene Together In Protest

Elon Green on the 1980s Police Brutality Case That Brought New York's Art Scene Together In Protest

In 1983, 25-year-old graffiti artist Michael Stewart died after a brutal police beating. Artists, musicians, and East Village denizens soon united in outrage.

By James Polchin | March 19, 2025

Science Fiction, Locked Room Mysteries, and the Joy of Literary Games

Science Fiction, Locked Room Mysteries, and the Joy of Literary Games

Olivia Waite on rewriting the rules of the universe and solving a mystery in space

By Olivia Waite | March 19, 2025

Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

Three decades into a long and varied writing career, Briscoe's latest reinterprets du Maurier's "Rebecca" for a modern audience

By Karin Slaughter | March 18, 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 | March 17, 2025

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