Features

Don't Go Into the Basement! (Let's Be Honest, We're Going Into the Basement)

What writing horror (and hearing noises in the night) taught me about the impulse to explore—even in the face of danger.

February 27, 2020  By Darcy Coates
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The Year's Best Action Thrillers (So Far)
(It's Not Even March)

A look at the best new political, spy, and serial killer thrillers arriving on bookstore shelves.

February 27, 2020  By Ryan Steck
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CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of the Month

February's Best CrimeReads Features

February 27, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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Black Power, Blaxploitation, & The Sounds of the Seventies

How Isaac Hayes' soundtrack to Shaft ushered in an era of iconic Blaxploitation cinema.

February 26, 2020  By Ashawnta Jackson
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The 5 Best Books About Dysfunctional Rich Families

"They may have a lot more money than me, you think, but at least they’re unhappy."

February 26, 2020  By Joseph Finder
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Gothic Themes Bring Us Together

Everyone loves Gothic tropes: dark mansions, misty moors, and creepy families with lots of secrets

February 26, 2020  By Catherine Cavendish
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A Brief History of
After-Hours Clubs

How new music, new drugs, and new communities sprang up in the legal gray zone known as the 'after-hours club.'

February 26, 2020  By Terry Williams
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How to Turn A Man into a Legend

Why I chose to take real-life Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, drop him in the middle of the Harlem Renaissance, and have him solve a murder.

February 25, 2020  By Gary Phillips
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The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

History teaches us there are five rules to getting away with murder.

February 25, 2020  By Laura James
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The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre

The use—and misuse—of mental health disorders in crime fiction.

February 25, 2020  By Peter Swanson
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