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    An Appreciation of Genre-Breaking Mysteries

    An Appreciation of Genre-Breaking Mysteries

    These books start out as noir, then take sharp left turn...

    By Nick Mamatas | November 9, 2021

    Drug Smugglers, Miami Outlaws, and the Mad Quest to Sell

    Drug Smugglers, Miami Outlaws, and the Mad Quest to Sell "Hemingway's Picasso"

    A new podcast explores the life and adventures of Steve Kough, a man who always knew he had a story to tell. We're catching up with host and writer, Leah Carroll.

    By Dwyer Murphy | November 9, 2021

    How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

    How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

    Sometimes the setting really is a character in itself. But how do you get there?

    By Alice Henderson | November 9, 2021

    Class in Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    Class in Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    Adrian McKinty, Laura McHugh, Angel Luis Colón, Julia Dahl, Joe Ide, and Lisa Levy take one of the least discussed issues in fiction.

    By Lisa Levy | November 9, 2021

    Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

    Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

    When the author of Sideways sent his papers off to be catalogued, he never expected to find inspiration for his next novel.

    By Rex Pickett | November 9, 2021

    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 | November 8, 2021

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Switzy
    • Taipei Story
    • Ambivalence: An Education
    • The Pirate Queen
    • The Living Realm
    • Frenchman Flat: The Rise and Fall of Atomic Bombs
    • In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir
    • Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships
    • The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories
    • Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge of Rebellion

    Re-Ragging in Red: Murder Ballads and Dirty Cops

    By Candas Jane Dorsey | November 8, 2021

    Soft Boiled Mysteries for Women Over 50

    By Gabrielle St. George | November 8, 2021

    The Psychology of Reading and Writing Crime Fiction

    By Lynne Reeves | November 8, 2021

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? November 2021

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? November 2021

    Brand new Korean thrillers and not so new but still very worthwhile Gabriel Byrne slow-burns.

    By Dwyer Murphy | November 5, 2021

    Josephine Tey and the Detection Club: A Mystery Solved

    Josephine Tey and the Detection Club: A Mystery Solved

    Tey was invited to join the Detection Club, yet her name never appeared on the membership roll. What happened?

    By Martin Edwards and Jennifer Morag Henderson | November 5, 2021

    Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

    Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

    It was there in Fleming's books and now it's in the movies, too: James Bond wants to die.

    By Nick Kolakowski | November 5, 2021

    In <em>Last Night in Soho</em>, Too Much Nostalgia Can Be Dangerous

    In Last Night in Soho, Too Much Nostalgia Can Be Dangerous

    Rather than romanticize the past, the new film demands that you understand the bad alongside the beautiful.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | November 5, 2021

    What One Lawyer Learned Living with Nuns in Alabama While Representing a Man on Death Row

    What One Lawyer Learned Living with Nuns in Alabama While Representing a Man on Death Row

    When Donald Cameron Clark, Jr. teamed up with a lawyering nun to save a man's life, he learned to look beyond expectations.

    By Donald Cameron Clark Jr | November 5, 2021

    Columbo's First Case: How One of TV's Most Iconic Detectives Got His Start

    Columbo's First Case: How One of TV's Most Iconic Detectives Got His Start

    “Columbo” got a trial run on “Alfred Hitchcock” – and so did his first quarry.

    By Keith Roysdon | November 4, 2021

    What Agatha Christie's Novels—And Life—Have to Teach Today’s Crime Writers

    What Agatha Christie's Novels—And Life—Have to Teach Today’s Crime Writers

    A Christie Curriculum

    By Lori Rader-Day | November 4, 2021

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