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Seven Colorful Cover Themes from Crime Fiction’s Past

Seven Colorful Cover Themes from Crime Fiction’s Past

It was a different time. A time of long legs, falling bodies, disembodied heads, and butterfly chairs.

By J. Kingston Pierce | March 4, 2022

A List of Multigenerational Family Mysteries

A List of Multigenerational Family Mysteries

Seven books in which families are destroyed by their own secrets.

By Jane Cockram | March 4, 2022

Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles discuss what's in store for Molly Murphy

Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles discuss what's in store for Molly Murphy

The mother-and-daughter team talk about collaboration, historical fiction, and women's rights.

By Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles | March 3, 2022

Shop Talk: David Heska Wanbli Weiden Takes His Craft Seriously and His Coffee Very Strong

Shop Talk: David Heska Wanbli Weiden Takes His Craft Seriously and His Coffee Very Strong

Crime writers talking writing routines, research, putting in the work, and keeping caffeine levels strong.

By Eli Cranor | March 3, 2022

The Unusual, Unsettling Crimes of the Other Dr. Gilmer

The Unusual, Unsettling Crimes of the Other Dr. Gilmer

"In rural Appalachia, a man with my name and my profession strangled his father in the passenger seat of his Toyota Tacoma."

By Dr. Benjamin Gilmer | March 3, 2022

Six Crime Novels Set in Public School Classrooms

Six Crime Novels Set in Public School Classrooms

Frederick Weisel updates the "dark academy" subgenre with stories about the public school system

By Frederick Weisel | March 3, 2022

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Six Thrillers That Will Make Even the Steeliest Readers a Little Squeamish

By Leanne Kale Sparks | March 3, 2022

The Best New Crime Fiction Coming Out This Month

By CrimeReads | March 2, 2022

The Murders in 1970s Montana That Finally Brought the FBI's Profiling Program Into the Field

By Ron Franscell | March 2, 2022

Three L.A. True Crime Stories That Went From Reality to Books to Films

Three L.A. True Crime Stories That Went From Reality to Books to Films

Tracing the long cultural afterlife of Los Angeles crime

By D.C. Taylor | March 2, 2022

The Books Will Keep You Warm

The Books Will Keep You Warm

A celebration of small-town libraries and retro mysteries

By Nikki Knight | March 2, 2022

A Corporate Headhunter Spills His Secrets

A Corporate Headhunter Spills His Secrets

Clients were desperate for the non-public intelligence provided by elite headhunters. That's where the ruse came in.

By Robert Kerbeck | March 2, 2022

Who Was Victoria Zielinski? And Who Would She Have Become, If Not For Her Murder?

Who Was Victoria Zielinski? And Who Would She Have Become, If Not For Her Murder?

Read from the new book by Sarah Weinman, Scoundrel.

By Sarah Weinman | March 1, 2022

How One Writer's Research Shed New Light on the Century-Old

How One Writer's Research Shed New Light on the Century-Old "Bloody Bender" Mystery

Susan Jonusas explains how an intense archival investigation led to new insights on one of the American West's most notorious crimes.

By Susan Jonusas | March 1, 2022

The Greatest Apartments in Crime Fiction

The Greatest Apartments in Crime Fiction

Louise Candlish on some evocative, provocative flats from the annals of mystery.

By Louise Candlish | March 1, 2022

Can Contemporary Spy Novels Ever Live Up to the Cold War Classics?

Can Contemporary Spy Novels Ever Live Up to the Cold War Classics?

James Wolff on the halcyon days of moral ambiguity—and some possible ways forward.

By James Wolff | March 1, 2022

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