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6 Debut Novels You Should Read This Month

6 Debut Novels You Should Read This Month

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

By CrimeReads | June 22, 2021

It's Time for Crime Fiction to Respect Sex Workers

It's Time for Crime Fiction to Respect Sex Workers

"Historically, female sex workers are often portrayed as victims, easily used and discarded as plot fodder..."

By V. Castro | June 22, 2021

The Mississippi Farmer Who Helped Take Down the Jones County Klan

The Mississippi Farmer Who Helped Take Down the Jones County Klan

Tom Landrum was strongly opposed to joining the KKK—that is, until an FBI agent asked him to infiltrate the organization.

By Curtis Wilkie | June 22, 2021

How Elizabeth Bowen's Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir

How Elizabeth Bowen's Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir

Anglo-Irish aristocrat and author Elizabeth Bowen chronicled the death of her class through her sinister depictions of the "big house."

By Sarah Stewart Taylor | June 22, 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 | June 21, 2021

The Early, Wild, Exploited, and Sometimes Radical Days of the Comic Book Industry in America

The Early, Wild, Exploited, and Sometimes Radical Days of the Comic Book Industry in America

Paul S. Hirsch on the invention of a new art form and the renegades and rogues who went to work in its earliest shops.

By Paul S. Hirsch | June 21, 2021

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Books of the Week

A Murder in Tiger Bay: How Nadifa Mohamed's New Novel Revives a Decades-Old Tragedy

By Paul French | June 21, 2021

Queer Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

By Lisa Levy | June 21, 2021

"Now Vee May Perhaps to Begin": On Art, Theft, and Inspiration

By Laura Lippman | June 18, 2021

A List of Books That Are Not Quite Noir (But Also Not <em>Not</em> Noir)

A List of Books That Are Not Quite Noir (But Also Not Not Noir)

"[N]oir has rules, the same way irony does, and I really don’t know what they are...Instead I’ll say this is a list of voices with some darkness in them."

By Paul Neilan | June 18, 2021

Father's Day Noir: Six Dark Novels and Stories About Fatherhood and Crime

Father's Day Noir: Six Dark Novels and Stories About Fatherhood and Crime

The sins of the father...

By Zach Vasquez | June 18, 2021

Inside New Jersey's Notorious Prison for Women, Life Carries on for Krystal Riordan

Inside New Jersey's Notorious Prison for Women, Life Carries on for Krystal Riordan

"It’s a rule-bound world, a world where dance competitions and making birthday chili and rice for your girlfriend co-exist with fight blood on the floor."

By Stephanie Dickinson | June 18, 2021

Summertime Crime Movies: Summer in the City

Summertime Crime Movies: Summer in the City

We've got some ideas about what you should be watching this summer. Here's our third batch of recommendations.

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 17, 2021

The Best Books of the Year (So Far): Crime Fiction in 2021

The Best Books of the Year (So Far): Crime Fiction in 2021

CrimeReads editors select their favorite thrillers, mysteries, and crime novels of the year.

By CrimeReads | June 17, 2021

Millennial Thrillers and the Power of Obsession

Millennial Thrillers and the Power of Obsession

In an increasingly untethered world, women in thrillers use obsession as a counter to their disconnect and ennui.

By Melissa Larsen | June 17, 2021

On Cars, Characters, and Crime

On Cars, Characters, and Crime

"Driving shapes identity. And in turn, it becomes a sign of our identity."

By John McMahon | June 17, 2021

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