The Literary Blood Feud between Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald

The Literary Blood Feud between Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald

Or, The Way Some Crime Writers Decry...

By Curtis Evans | October 7, 2022

October's Best Debut Novels

October's Best Debut Novels

The month's best first novels in crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | October 7, 2022

Using Fear to Fuel My Fiction

Using Fear to Fuel My Fiction

Amy Christine Parker on the creative impact of fear on a fertile imagination.

By Amy Christine Parker | October 7, 2022

Writing a (Twisted) Love Letter to <em>Murder, She Wrote</em>

Writing a (Twisted) Love Letter to Murder, She Wrote

"[U]nderneath all that coziness is an unspoken edge watching through a modern lens."

By Alexa Donne | October 7, 2022

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

Featuring new novels from Val McDermid, Laurie Lico Abanese, Andy Davidson, and more.

By Lisa Levy | October 6, 2022

The Ultimate Crime Story: Punishing the Pillagers of Our Planet

The Ultimate Crime Story: Punishing the Pillagers of Our Planet

Science journalist Mark Alpert on using fiction to target the climate criminals.

By Mark Alpert | October 6, 2022

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Isaac Blum on Writing a Young Adult Novel to Respond to Antisemitic Violence

By Isaac Blum | October 6, 2022

The Journalist and the Psychopath: The Story Behind Edward Howard Rulloff's Crimes

By Kate Winkler Dawson | October 6, 2022

Jennifer Givhan: Becoming the Bruja My Ancestors Needed

By Jennifer Givhan | October 5, 2022

Theo Wenner on Shooting Homicides and the Detectives Who Live With Them

Theo Wenner on Shooting Homicides and the Detectives Who Live With Them

Photographer Theo Wenner spent years around New York City homicide detectives. His new book captures them like never before.

By Lisa Levy | October 5, 2022

A Mystery Author's Inspirational Place: Aix-en-Provence

A Mystery Author's Inspirational Place: Aix-en-Provence

M.L. Longworth on the locations and memories that have helped bring her long-running Aix mysteries to life.

By M.L. Longworth | October 5, 2022

From Surviving Evil to Prosecuting Evil to Writing Evil

From Surviving Evil to Prosecuting Evil to Writing Evil

"I was 30 when I first prosecuted a child sexual abuse case, the eventual focus of my life’s work as an attorney."

By Roger A. Canaff | October 5, 2022

10 Great Novels with Unreliable Narrators

10 Great Novels with Unreliable Narrators

Elizabeth Brooks on the pleasure of being taken for a ride by a narrator you can never trust.

By Elizabeth Brooks | October 4, 2022

10 Novels You Should Read This October

10 Novels You Should Read This October

The best new novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers. Featuring new books by Kaoru Takamura, Scott Turow, Wanda M. Morris, and more.

By CrimeReads | October 4, 2022

Mia P. Manansala's Five Favorite Christmas-themed Mysteries

Mia P. Manansala's Five Favorite Christmas-themed Mysteries

"[G]uaranteed to get you in a merry, murderous mood!"

By Mia P. Manansala | October 4, 2022

Her Secret Service: Women of Intelligence

Her Secret Service: Women of Intelligence

Featuring the woman who inspired Miss Moneypenny and other heroic women spies of the Second World War

By Christine Wells | October 4, 2022

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