How a Career in the Foreign Service Prepared Me to Write Thrillers

How a Career in the Foreign Service Prepared Me to Write Thrillers

With over twenty years of service in postings from Damascus to East Germany, Otho Eskin has plenty of stories fit for a thriller.

By Otho Eskin | December 14, 2021

The Best Debut Novels of 2021

The Best Debut Novels of 2021

Rounding up the year's best debut fiction, from Carolyn Ferrell, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Erik Hoel, Vera Kurian, and more.

By CrimeReads | December 13, 2021

Genre-Bending YA Novels Perfect For Crime Fans

Genre-Bending YA Novels Perfect For Crime Fans

Six novels in which "the known merges with the unknown"

By Tara Goedjen | December 13, 2021

Writing Sex Scenes in the Realm of Mystery

Writing Sex Scenes in the Realm of Mystery

A Different Kind of Thrill

By Eliza Nellums | December 13, 2021

An Interview With the Translators of Keigo Higashino's Crime Novels

An Interview With the Translators of Keigo Higashino's Crime Novels

Giles Murray and Alexander O. Smith talk Tokyo side streets and traditional mysteries, interviewed by Hector DeJean.

By Hector DeJean | December 13, 2021

On the Murder Mystery Movie Written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins

On the Murder Mystery Movie Written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins

"The Last of Sheila" is a star-studded scavenger-hunt-whodunit from the 70s, gloriously campy and full of surprises

By Julia Sirmons | December 10, 2021

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The Best True Crime Books of 2021

By CrimeReads | December 10, 2021

Nothing Like a Mad Woman: 11 Unexpected Thrillers About Female Rage

By Rachel Kapelke-Dale | December 10, 2021

Mannix Was Vintage TV’s Perfect Savvy PI

By Keith Roysdon | December 10, 2021

The Two Questions Every Author Is Asked

The Two Questions Every Author Is Asked

Victoria Thompson has written over fifty novels, and counting. These are the questions she's asked the most often.

By Victoria Thompson | December 10, 2021

The Best Crime Novels of 2021

The Best Crime Novels of 2021

A look at the year's best books in crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | December 9, 2021

Poor, Black and in Real Trouble: The Baltimore Noir of Jerome Dyson Wright

Poor, Black and in Real Trouble: The Baltimore Noir of Jerome Dyson Wright

The life and times of a street lit pioneer.

By Michael Gonzales | December 9, 2021

7 Authors Who Write Wrongful Convictions

7 Authors Who Write Wrongful Convictions

Robert Justice on fiction that takes a hard look at the epidemic of wrongful convictions in America.

By Robert Justice | December 9, 2021

Rules for the New Generation of Cozy Mysteries

Rules for the New Generation of Cozy Mysteries

Above all else, don't forget to write in some cute pets!

By Kate Lansing | December 9, 2021

To Investigate Serial Killers with the FBI, First She Had to Pass the Test

To Investigate Serial Killers with the FBI, First She Had to Pass the Test

She was the woman behind the FBI's groundbreaking Behavioral Science Unit. But she was an expert, not an agent.

By Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess and Steven Matthew Constantine | December 9, 2021

The New Generation of African Crime Writers

The New Generation of African Crime Writers

Femi Kayode, Ameera Patel, Chanette Paul, Kwei Quartey, Bryony Rheam, and Michael Stanley on all things crime fiction in Africa.

By Joanne Hichens | December 8, 2021

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