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    How Cormac McCarthy Used Crime Fiction’s Tropes to Make Masterpieces

    How Cormac McCarthy Used Crime Fiction’s Tropes to Make Masterpieces

    On the author's evolving style and journeys through the darkness.

    By Nick Kolakowski | June 23, 2023

    Current Trans-Hysteria Mirrors Jekyll and Hyde

    Current Trans-Hysteria Mirrors Jekyll and Hyde

    "Today, anti-queer legislation is fueled by...a fear of anything “transformed" beyond “social norms.”

    By Jill Dearman | June 23, 2023

    Five Riveting Thrillers Unfolding in Wooded Isolation

    Five Riveting Thrillers Unfolding in Wooded Isolation

    Kate Robards on the deep, dark woods of the imagination.

    By Kate Robards | June 23, 2023

    The 19 Most Polished Detectives in Crime Film and TV

    The 19 Most Polished Detectives in Crime Film and TV

    These suave detectives and gentleman sleuths will solve your crime faster than it takes to put on their suit in the morning.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 22, 2023

    Panic Like It’s 1999: <em>Analyze This</em>, <em>The Sopranos</em>, and Mob Men in Therapy

    Panic Like It’s 1999: Analyze This, The Sopranos, and Mob Men in Therapy

    The Sopranos and Analyze This lay bare how mobster characters...are often the personification of a problematic vision of American masculinity."">"The Sopranos and Analyze This lay bare how mobster characters...are often the personification of a problematic vision of American masculinity."

    By Devin McGrath-Conwell | June 22, 2023

    The Five Best Debut Novels of the Month

    The Five Best Debut Novels of the Month

    June's best first novels from the world of crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | June 22, 2023

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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

    The Backlist: Revisiting Dorothy Sayers’ “The Man Who Knew How” with Liv Constantine

    By Polly Stewart | June 22, 2023

    Clémence Michallon On the Ethics of Writing Violence and the Banality of Serial Killers

    By Kate Brody | June 21, 2023

    Shop Talk: Wanda Morris Tears Through Those Yellow Legal Pads and Blue Pilot G-2 Gel Ink Pens

    By Eli Cranor | June 21, 2023

    On Millennial Aging and Nostalgia in Thrillers

    On Millennial Aging and Nostalgia in Thrillers

    "[N]othing is ever simple, especially our hunger for the past."

    By Rebecca McKanna | June 21, 2023

    Sun, Sand, and Sin: A Dive into Gulf Coast Noir

    Sun, Sand, and Sin: A Dive into Gulf Coast Noir

    Crime fiction serves as a method for understanding the consequences of the past and the coming storms.

    By Rachel Cochran | June 21, 2023

    The End of the Soviet Union and The Rise of the Oligarchs

    The End of the Soviet Union and The Rise of the Oligarchs

    Long established gangsters and former government agents grappled for resources in the twilight of the 20th century.

    By William Maz | June 21, 2023

    Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager Talk Horror, Thrillers, and Craft

    Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager Talk Horror, Thrillers, and Craft

    They both agree: horror needs more sex scenes.

    By Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager | June 20, 2023

    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 | June 20, 2023

    The Western Gothic in Film, Music, and Literature: A Primer

    The Western Gothic in Film, Music, and Literature: A Primer

    "[A]rtists are here to remind us of the monsters—usually in human form—that lay wait across the plains and mountains and deserts."

    By Jon Bassoff | June 20, 2023

    Why Dating Is Like a Whodunnit

    Why Dating Is Like a Whodunnit

    "if I played my part right, with any luck, I could dodge the red herrings, and eventually meet my match..."

    By L. M. Chilton | June 20, 2023

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