From Gritty Noir to Killer Quozies: Queer Crime Fiction Summer Reads

From Gritty Noir to Killer Quozies: Queer Crime Fiction Summer Reads

Be Gay. Do Crimes. (And/or solve them?)

By Queer Crime Writers | June 5, 2023

Crime and the City: Panama City

Crime and the City: Panama City

International intrigue (and crime fiction) around the Canal Zone.

By Paul French | June 5, 2023

125 Years Later, Why <em>The Turn of the Screw</em> Still Haunts Us

125 Years Later, Why The Turn of the Screw Still Haunts Us

"That queasy opacity is at the heart of the novella’s power...The reader is never sure what, exactly, is happening."

By Kate Griffin | June 5, 2023

7 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Summer

7 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Summer

False confessions, unsolved mysteries, and more crimes from the Sunshine State.

By Lizzy Steiner | June 2, 2023

The Moms of Mystery: Six Books About Motherhood and Crime

The Moms of Mystery: Six Books About Motherhood and Crime

Who's watching the kids?

By Nicole Hackett | June 2, 2023

Top 6 Fictional Serial Killer Books

Top 6 Fictional Serial Killer Books

Sam Holland on her favorite books from one of humanity's darkest corners.

By Sam Holland | June 2, 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

How to be a Regency Lady Sleuth

By Alison Goodman | June 2, 2023

12 New Novels You Should Read This June

By CrimeReads | June 1, 2023

The Country House Murder Mystery...in America

By Emily Edwards | June 1, 2023

Killer Puzzles: 8 Books Featuring Locked Rooms and Deadly Puzzles

Killer Puzzles: 8 Books Featuring Locked Rooms and Deadly Puzzles

Isabella Maldonado on the resurgence of a favorite mystery genre.

By Isabella Maldonado | June 1, 2023

Dangerous Rhythm: Five Noirs at the Corner of Hollywood and Music

Dangerous Rhythm: Five Noirs at the Corner of Hollywood and Music

These novels feature mysteries, musicians, and mayhem against a Tinseltown backdrop.

By Daniel Weizmann | June 1, 2023

<em>White House Plumbers</em> Tells the Whole Story of all the Really Stupid, Very Dirty Stuff That Went Down During Watergate

White House Plumbers Tells the Whole Story of all the Really Stupid, Very Dirty Stuff That Went Down During Watergate

You don't know the half of it.

By Julia Sirmons | May 31, 2023

The Best New Crime Shows to Watch This Month

The Best New Crime Shows to Watch This Month

Your options are limited. You might just want to focus on reading books this summer.

By Dwyer Murphy | May 31, 2023

Scenes from the Wild Wild East: Snapshots of Post-Soviet Russia

Scenes from the Wild Wild East: Snapshots of Post-Soviet Russia

Or, finding fictional inspiration in the world of Russia in the 90s

By Josh Haven | May 31, 2023

Books and Murder: The Perfect Match

Books and Murder: The Perfect Match

A list of cozy mysteries with plots sure to please the most bookish of readers

By Tamara Berry | May 31, 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 | May 30, 2023

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