Lisa Nikolidakis on True Crime and Trauma

Lisa Nikolidakis on True Crime and Trauma

"When our world news is often so dark, why on earth do we seek out more?"

By Lisa Nikolidakis | September 7, 2022

Impossible Murders In Crime Fiction

Impossible Murders In Crime Fiction

Or, how to use locked-room mysteries and other devilish puzzles to take your novel to a new level.

By A. G. Riddle | September 7, 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 6, 2022

Five Novels With Deeply Troubled Protagonists

Five Novels With Deeply Troubled Protagonists

Sometimes, we want complicated...

By Christopher Swann | September 6, 2022

How Eliot Ness Wound Up Hunting a Serial Killer in Cleveland

How Eliot Ness Wound Up Hunting a Serial Killer in Cleveland

After Prohibition, law enforcement's boy wonder needed a second act. He found it in Cleveland with the Torso Killer.

By Daniel Stashower | September 6, 2022

War Movies: An Essential Primer

War Movies: An Essential Primer

These films prove that every good war movie is an anti-war movie.

By James R. Benn | September 6, 2022

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Why Are Stories of Captivity and Abduction So Extraordinarily Terrifying?

By Meg Elison | September 6, 2022

Loving Highsmith Peeks into Patricia Highsmith’s Guarded Interior Life

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 2, 2022

10 Novels You Should Read This September

By CrimeReads | September 2, 2022

Tommy Udo: In Praise of Film Noir’s Greatest Homme Fatal

Tommy Udo: In Praise of Film Noir’s Greatest Homme Fatal

75 years later, that iconic, sadistic laugh is still reverberating through the culture.

By Zach Vasquez | September 2, 2022

Five Steps to Writing a Crime Novel Inspired by Your Family (Without Making Everyone Hate You)

Five Steps to Writing a Crime Novel Inspired by Your Family (Without Making Everyone Hate You)

You're going to want to get really riled up. Then, prepare to sustain that fire for several months, to years.

By Cody Luke Davis | September 2, 2022

The Shopkeeper Sleuth: Cozy Mysteries Featuring Crime-Solving Business Owners

The Shopkeeper Sleuth: Cozy Mysteries Featuring Crime-Solving Business Owners

Everyone needs to shop. And these shopkeepers know everyone.

By Krista Davis | September 2, 2022

Food to Die For

Food to Die For

Five Deadly Mysteries Featuring Decadent Dishes

By Mindy Quigley | September 2, 2022

The 80 Greatest Con Artists in Movies and TV, Ranked

The 80 Greatest Con Artists in Movies and TV, Ranked

From The Lady Eve to Matchstick Men to The Hustler and back

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 1, 2022

Why Do Vacation Spots Make Perfect Crime Settings?

Why Do Vacation Spots Make Perfect Crime Settings?

"The juxtaposition of beauty and the expectation of happiness, with the reality of the local police blotter, can be jarring."

By Luanne Rice | September 1, 2022

Martin Edwards on the Russian Cult Classic Crime Novel <em>Count Azar</em>

Martin Edwards on the Russian Cult Classic Crime Novel Count Azar

When Vladmir Pimenovich Krymov began publishing in 1938, he had already led an extraordinary life.

By Martin Edwards | September 1, 2022

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