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 | January 6, 2025

Six Trick Novels That Play with Form

Six Trick Novels That Play with Form

Gareth Rubin on books that "spin upside down and back to front, have three endings one after another, restart again and again and then disappear into a black hole."

By Gareth Rubin | January 6, 2025

Crime and the City: Botswana

Crime and the City: Botswana

Searching for mysteries in Gaborone and the surrounding country.

By Paul French | January 6, 2025

Ireland, Smuggling, and the Strange Things You Learn in the Name of Research

Ireland, Smuggling, and the Strange Things You Learn in the Name of Research

Ellie Brannigan on researching her new cozy mysteries.

By Ellie Brannigan | January 6, 2025

What does it mean to remake <em>Nosferatu</em> instead of simply <em>Dracula</em>?

What does it mean to remake Nosferatu instead of simply Dracula?

Robert Eggers's elegant new vampire film takes the "Dracula" canon in a nostalgic, worthwhile, reflective direction

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 3, 2025

The Twilight of the Mob Movie

The Twilight of the Mob Movie

Can mafia movies survive into a new era? Michael Cannell investigates.

By Michael Cannell | January 3, 2025

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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

Robert Crais: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

By Neil Nyren | January 3, 2025

Jane Pek on Meta-Mystery, Spy Thrillers, and Finding Her Story

By Elizabeth Held | January 2, 2025

The Crime Fiction of Houston

By Paul French | January 2, 2025

5 Thrilling Books That Will Make You Want to Listen to a True Crime Podcast

5 Thrilling Books That Will Make You Want to Listen to a True Crime Podcast

Katherine Greene on fictional podcasts and real-life obsessions.

By Katherine Greene | January 2, 2025

Fredric Brown: Chronicler of Con Artists, Clowns, and Capitalist Excess

Fredric Brown: Chronicler of Con Artists, Clowns, and Capitalist Excess

"Fredric Brown had...a powerful sense of the absurdly capricious cruelty of life"

By Curtis Evans | December 27, 2024

The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of 2024

The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of 2024

Spies, smugglers, jewel thieves and utopian murders – this year's best true crime offers something for everyone.

By CrimeReads | December 26, 2024

The Best Crime TV of 2024

The Best Crime TV of 2024

Insouciant Floridian PIs, psychopathic con men, and Jodie Foster in a parka!

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 20, 2024

The Christmas Tree King Love Triangle Murder

The Christmas Tree King Love Triangle Murder

In 1950, Harry A. Pozner was the Christmas Tree King of San Diego. He would soon get caught in a bloody mess.

By James T. Bartlett | December 20, 2024

How Misunderstanding Can Drive a Plot in Crime Fiction 

How Misunderstanding Can Drive a Plot in Crime Fiction 

Alex Kenna on fiction where terrible mistakes are made for morally complex reasons.

By Alex Kenna | December 20, 2024

The Thrill of Disaster

The Thrill of Disaster

A Reading List of the Big Moments Gone Wrong and Why We Love Them.

By Jen Marie Wiggins | December 19, 2024

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