For Crime Writers, the Most Important Question Is 'What If?'

For Crime Writers, the Most Important Question Is 'What If?'

Jon Lindstrom talks with some of today's top authors about where they find inspiration.

By Jon LIndstrom | June 15, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

Javier Bardem has some thoughts. But also, vampires! And gothic soft-core rain stuff!

By Dwyer Murphy | June 12, 2026

Indiana Jones at 45:

Indiana Jones at 45: "It's not the years honey, it's the mileage"

Author Alex Dekker on the special magic of an iconic character.

By Alex Dekker | June 12, 2026

Phoebe Atwood Taylor and the Search for the Quintessential Cape Cod Mystery

Phoebe Atwood Taylor and the Search for the Quintessential Cape Cod Mystery

The trailblazing mystery novelist who helped define a region.

By Dwyer Murphy | June 12, 2026

How Gender and Technology Intersect in Fiction and Film

How Gender and Technology Intersect in Fiction and Film

Cleo Ballard on women in sci-fi, technothrillers, and the fraught rise of artificial intelligence

By Cleo Ballard | June 12, 2026

The Best Paperback Releases of June 2026

The Best Paperback Releases of June 2026

Featuring new-in-paperback releases from James Lee Burke, Andrea Bartz, Ella Berman, Peter Swanson, and more

By CrimeReads | June 12, 2026

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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
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  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

Lev AC Rosen on POV, Capers, and Creating a Messy Queer Detective Novel

By Alex Dueben | June 11, 2026

Sarah Vaughan on How Shakespeare's Plays Shaped Her Suspense Novel

By Sarah Vaughan | June 11, 2026

Kate Khavari on the Narrative Potential of Putting Sleuths in Unfamiliar Settings

By Kate Khavari | June 11, 2026

Darby Bozeman on the Allure of Toxic Female Friendships

Darby Bozeman on the Allure of Toxic Female Friendships

What makes The Clique, Gossip Girl, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and others addictive

By Darby Bozeman | June 11, 2026

What to Watch Now, International Edition: Parasite (2019)

What to Watch Now, International Edition: Parasite (2019)

Time to revisit the Korean horror-thriller-comedy Oscar-winner.

By Radha Vatsal | June 11, 2026

Caitlin Mullen on Folklore, the Jersey Devil, and Setting a Novel in the Pine Barrens

Caitlin Mullen on Folklore, the Jersey Devil, and Setting a Novel in the Pine Barrens

The author of Heather mulls what an American myth says about mothers' suffering

By Caitlin Mullen | June 10, 2026

What to Watch Now: Mad Max Fury Road (2015)

What to Watch Now: Mad Max Fury Road (2015)

A desert chase, a visual masterpiece.

By Radha Vatsal | June 10, 2026

5 Dark and Speculative Adaptations of Peter Pan

5 Dark and Speculative Adaptations of Peter Pan

Cynthia Pelayo recommends Christina Henry, Jodi Lynn Anderson, and more

By Cynthia Pelayo | June 10, 2026

Gordon Jack's 5 Steps to Writing Senior Sleuths Who Solve Cyber Crime

Gordon Jack's 5 Steps to Writing Senior Sleuths Who Solve Cyber Crime

The author of Poppy Montgomery Gets Even on digital surveillance in the retirement home

By Gordon Jack | June 10, 2026

The Best Psychological Thrillers of June 2026

The Best Psychological Thrillers of June 2026

Featuring new titles from Lisa Jewell, Caroline Kepnes, Abir Mukherjee, Caitlin Mullen, Catherine Kurtz, and more

By Molly Odintz | June 10, 2026

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