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 | August 7, 2023

August's Best Psychological Thrillers

August's Best Psychological Thrillers

Bad teachers, worse friends, and plenty of family secrets

By Molly Odintz | August 7, 2023

Catherine Ryan Howard <br>On the Missing Women <br>of 1990s Ireland

Catherine Ryan Howard
On the Missing Women
of 1990s Ireland

"While we were growing up, a faceless phantom snatched multiple women and no one did anything about it at all."

By Catherine Ryan Howard | August 7, 2023

Denise Mina Takes on Philip Marlowe and Chandler's Los Angeles

Denise Mina Takes on Philip Marlowe and Chandler's Los Angeles

Denise Mina talks about redemption, P.G. Wodehouse, and being the first woman to continue the story of Raymond Chandler’s foundational detective.

By Nancie Clare | August 4, 2023

Nuclear Noir

Nuclear Noir

How Oppenheimer’s deadly toy influenced noir film and fiction.

By Nick Kolakowski | August 4, 2023

How Hardboiled Whodunits Have Given Way to the Psychological Thriller

How Hardboiled Whodunits Have Given Way to the Psychological Thriller

Chris Narozny on trauma as mystery and the evolution of the genre.

By Chris Narozny | August 4, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

On The Ethics of Taking Writing Inspiration from True Crime

By Victoria Selman | August 4, 2023

The Grifter in Popular Culture

By Sabine Durrant | August 3, 2023

Gothic vs. Horror: It's Time to Settle the Debate

By Shannon Morgan | August 3, 2023

9 Crime Novels About Stolen Children

9 Crime Novels About Stolen Children

These books explore a parent's worst nightmare, to chilling effect.

By Sarah Stewart Taylor | August 3, 2023

Five Books Exploring Twisted Mother/Daughter Relationships

Five Books Exploring Twisted Mother/Daughter Relationships

"A thin, jagged line separates maternal protection from unhealthy control."

By Sarah Pekkanen | August 3, 2023

Unlikely Investigative Teams in Crime Fiction

Unlikely Investigative Teams in Crime Fiction

Detectives, sleuths, and implausible duos of all stripes who find a way to make it work.

By Mindy Mejia | August 2, 2023

On Final Girls And The Sums of Their Parts

On Final Girls And The Sums of Their Parts

"The thing about being a child—a Black girl, at that—and loving horror movies is that you see very little of yourself on the screen."

By Joelle Wellington | August 2, 2023

<em>The Exorcist</em> Is a Supernatural Detective Thriller

The Exorcist Is a Supernatural Detective Thriller

Is The Exorcist a horror film? Or is it an investigation into the mystery of faith?

By Nat Segaloff | August 2, 2023

M. W. Craven On The Subtle Charms of Snakes

M. W. Craven On The Subtle Charms of Snakes

Appreciating the fearless friends of the serpent world.

By M. W. Craven | August 2, 2023

Lynn Hightower on Writing A Heroine with Hearing Loss

Lynn Hightower on Writing A Heroine with Hearing Loss

"It was going to be blatantly obvious that I knew exactly what hearing loss is like, because I live it."

By Lynn Hightower | August 2, 2023

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