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    13 Must-Read Laugh-Out-Loud Mysteries

    13 Must-Read Laugh-Out-Loud Mysteries

    "Hilarity ensues. And ensues. And ensues some more."

    By Darynda Jones | July 27, 2021

    July's Best Debut Novels

    July's Best Debut Novels

    The best new debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | July 27, 2021

    Five Thrillers That Will Make You Delete Your Social Media Accounts Forever

    Five Thrillers That Will Make You Delete Your Social Media Accounts Forever

    What to read if your social accounts aren’t making you feel #blessed.

    By Lindsay Cameron | July 27, 2021

    A Recipe For Hardboiled Fiction

    A Recipe For Hardboiled Fiction

    Breaking down the essential ingredients of crime fiction in five perfect thrillers.

    By Terry Roberts | July 27, 2021

    How a Crime Author Found the Inspiration to Write a Vampire Revenge Thriller Set in the 1970s Southwest

    How a Crime Author Found the Inspiration to Write a Vampire Revenge Thriller Set in the 1970s Southwest

    Wait...you're writing what?

    By Richard Lange | July 27, 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 | July 26, 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

    Crime Novels Set on the Greek Islands: Sun, Souvlaki and Sinister Types

    By Paul French | July 26, 2021

    A Cozy Mystery Writer on the History of Class and Tea

    By Vicki Delany | July 26, 2021

    Toxic Masculinity in Psychological Thrillers

    By Caitlin Wahrer | July 26, 2021

    The Imperial Russians Who Defied the Czar For Love

    The Imperial Russians Who Defied the Czar For Love

    Even the members of the Romanov family chafed under the heavy-handed rulers of Russia.

    By Dianne Freeman | July 26, 2021

    Elizabeth Gilpin: The Brutal Survival Summer Camp That Nearly Killed Me

    Elizabeth Gilpin: The Brutal Survival Summer Camp That Nearly Killed Me

    "Programs like mine that operated from the most remote and unchecked places in the country. Where no one was watching and tragic things happened all the time."

    By Elizabeth Gilpin | July 23, 2021

    John Candy Rants About Hollywood in a <br>Calgary Hotel Room

    John Candy Rants About Hollywood in a
    Calgary Hotel Room

    "Only someone who has experienced that kind of love and adoration can so deeply feel its absence."

    By Tommy Swerdlow | July 23, 2021

    Why Do American Crime Writers Love British Manors So Much?

    Why Do American Crime Writers Love British Manors So Much?

    An intercontinental, cross-generational obsession explained by one of its practitioners.

    By Katharine Schellman | July 23, 2021

    How to Write a Memorable Hit Man: A Conversation Among Connoisseurs

    How to Write a Memorable Hit Man: A Conversation Among Connoisseurs

    Andy Rausch and Michael Gonzales discuss their favorite hit men, lessons learned from Elmore Leonard, and the new anthology, 'Dead End Jobs'

    By Michael Gonzales | July 23, 2021

    10 Crime Novels Full of Style, Plot, and Dark Humor

    10 Crime Novels Full of Style, Plot, and Dark Humor

    Samantha Downing on the thrillers that taught her how to write.

    By Samantha Downing | July 22, 2021

    How Detective Fiction Helps A Forensic Psychiatrist in Her Work With Violent Offenders

    How Detective Fiction Helps A Forensic Psychiatrist in Her Work With Violent Offenders

    "The reason for evil in the world is that people are unable to tell their stories."

    By Dr. Gwen Adshead | July 22, 2021

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