10 Shadowy Meetings of Crime and the Occult

10 Shadowy Meetings of Crime and the Occult

Hailey Piper on stories that mix horror and crime

By Hailey Piper | September 20, 2022

Lamar Giles on Social Horror in Fact and Fiction

Lamar Giles on Social Horror in Fact and Fiction

"It’s fun as fiction if it remains fiction. That’s sort of up to society though, isn’t it?"

By Lamar Giles | September 20, 2022

Why Lawyers Make Such Good (and Bad) Mystery Novelists

Why Lawyers Make Such Good (and Bad) Mystery Novelists

Allen Eskens makes the case for writers with legal experience.

By Allen Eskens | September 20, 2022

The childless female villain: trope or technique?

The childless female villain: trope or technique?

Is it time to retire this long-loved antagonist?

By Kia Abdullah | September 20, 2022

Our Death Rooms: The Act of Mourning In Horror

Our Death Rooms: The Act of Mourning In Horror

"Horror doesn’t want you to heal. It wants you to scream."

By Clay McLeod Chapman | September 19, 2022

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 | September 19, 2022

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

S. A. Cosby: Interview and Cover Reveal

By CrimeReads | September 19, 2022

Florence Fiction: A Criminal Renaissance

By Paul French | September 19, 2022

8 Thrillers Exploring Female Friendship

By Nicole Mabry and Steph Mullin | September 19, 2022

What Women Mystery Writers and Female Sleuths Owe to Nancy Drew

What Women Mystery Writers and Female Sleuths Owe to Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew was an ordinary girl with an exceptional sense of adventure.

By Virginia Hartman | September 19, 2022

<em>See How They Run</em> is about the Theatricality of Whodunnits

See How They Run is about the Theatricality of Whodunnits

The game new mystery film turns out to be a riff on Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap, among other delightful surprises

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 16, 2022

Goodbye Brooklyn: Streets of No Return

Goodbye Brooklyn: Streets of No Return

Michael Gonzales on the borough—and the community—that shaped his life and art.

By Michael Gonzales | September 16, 2022

Five Ways to Break Up, According to Michael Mann’s Films

Five Ways to Break Up, According to Michael Mann’s Films

Breakups are hard. Too many mistakes, regrets, recriminations. Too many SWAT team members assembling outside...

By Nick Kolakowski | September 16, 2022

The Dark History of Willowbrook State School

The Dark History of Willowbrook State School

"Willowbrook was overcrowded, underfunded, and understaffed to such a degree that residents rarely received even basic care..."

By Ellen Marie Wiseman | September 16, 2022

Pre-Revolution Chinese Detective Fiction

Pre-Revolution Chinese Detective Fiction

On China's Golden Age of crime writing.

By Jess Nevins | September 16, 2022

Five Mystery Novels That Prioritize Character, Style, and Insight

Five Mystery Novels That Prioritize Character, Style, and Insight

"Genre fiction can be every bit as inventive and arty and revelatory as something dubbed literature."

By Mark Stevens | September 15, 2022

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