Summer's Best Debut Novels

Summer's Best Debut Novels

The season's best crime, mystery, and thrillers from first-time authors.

By CrimeReads | August 17, 2022

A Reading List of Psychopathic Women

A Reading List of Psychopathic Women

"The idea of another woman skating through life without any shame brings both admiration and a touch of jealousy."

By Kathleen Hale | August 17, 2022

Why True Crime Readers Make Ideal Romance Novel Protagonists

Why True Crime Readers Make Ideal Romance Novel Protagonists

Or, how to find love in a time of serial killers.

By Alicia Thompson | August 17, 2022

The Horror of the American West

The Horror of the American West

On the terrors and fictions of the old, and new, west.

By Harrison Query and Matt Query | August 17, 2022

You Can't Look Away: On Responsibility and Horror

You Can't Look Away: On Responsibility and Horror

What is the responsibility of the author - and the audience - in creating and consuming horror?

By Michael Seidlinger | August 16, 2022

The World of Philo Vance, Spectator of Life

The World of Philo Vance, Spectator of Life

Ragnar Jonasson on S.S. Van Dine, the man behind one of America's most celebrated detectives.

By Ragnar Jonasson | August 16, 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

"There's Nothing More Suspenseful Than Real Life"

By Joy Fielding | August 16, 2022

What's In a Name?

By W.A. Winter | August 16, 2022

Writing a Romance versus Writing a Mystery

By Kitt Crowe | August 16, 2022

Tamron Hall On Journalism, Missing White Woman Syndrome, and Who Gets to Be The Girl Next Door

Tamron Hall On Journalism, Missing White Woman Syndrome, and Who Gets to Be The Girl Next Door

"[M]issing people of color were invisible to those writing and reporting the news."

By Molly Odintz | August 15, 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 | August 15, 2022

Color Her Orange: Talking with Grace Ellis About Her New Graphic Novel Featuring Patricia Highsmith

Color Her Orange: Talking with Grace Ellis About Her New Graphic Novel Featuring Patricia Highsmith

Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer bring a new vision of Highmith's early days into graphic novel form.

By Lisa Levy | August 15, 2022

The Best Underrated Mystery Series Streaming Now

The Best Underrated Mystery Series Streaming Now

Kris Calvin on four mystery series with the potential to be your next bingeing obsession.

By Kris Calvin | August 15, 2022

The Creative Life and Death of Bruce Montgomery, aka Edmund Crispin

The Creative Life and Death of Bruce Montgomery, aka Edmund Crispin

Music composer by day, crime writer by night, bon vivant in his youth, and reclusive alcoholic in his twilight...

By Curtis Evans | August 12, 2022

I'll Always Be Chasing <br><em>Bullet Train</em>

I'll Always Be Chasing
Bullet Train

The new film from David Leitch about various dangerous strangers on a train is a delightfully breakneck ride

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 12, 2022

The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of 2022 (So Far)

The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of 2022 (So Far)

A queer history of a women's prison, a take-down of junk science, a reckoning with Southern history, and more...

By CrimeReads | August 12, 2022

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