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London's First Police Force Was Established by Novelist Henry Fielding and His Brother

London's First Police Force Was Established by Novelist Henry Fielding and His Brother

In 1749, Henry Fielding devised a plan for the Bow Street Runners, a group of men given permission to confront suspected criminals.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 6, 2020

How a Woman's Quest For Vengeance Started a #metoo Movement in the 1840s

How a Woman's Quest For Vengeance Started a #metoo Movement in the 1840s

Amelia Norman, destitute and abandoned, attacked her former lover on the steps of the Astor House Hotel. Her trial would have surprising, and long-lasting, repercussions.

By Julie Miller | November 6, 2020

A Collection of Rare Ian Fleming Books & Manuscripts Heads to Auction

A Collection of Rare Ian Fleming Books & Manuscripts Heads to Auction

Here’s your chance to bid on Bond

By Rebecca Rego Barry | November 6, 2020

10 Novels You Should Read This November

10 Novels You Should Read This November

Class thrillers, diamond conspiracies, and a wave of new L.A. noir highlight the month's best new crime fiction.

By CrimeReads | November 5, 2020

Tana French Talks Westerns, Folklore, and The Comfort of Crime Fiction

Tana French Talks Westerns, Folklore, and The Comfort of Crime Fiction

"I think one of the reasons we read (and write) crime novels is to understand and process dark places, and this year definitely counts."

By Molly Odintz | November 5, 2020

High Life: The Carnegie Deli Murders

High Life: The Carnegie Deli Murders

In 2001, Michael Gonzales visited the apartment of a hospitable actress and dealer. Soon it would be the site of a notorious murder.

By Michael Gonzales | November 5, 2020

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How to Gracefully Subject Your Detectives to the Vicissitudes of Time

By Dominic Martell | November 5, 2020

Erskine Childers: Gentleman, Spy Novelist, and Gunrunner for the IRA

By H.B. Lyle | November 4, 2020

Inside the Early Days of The Crime of the Century

By Thomas Doherty | November 4, 2020

6 Books Featuring Dark Anti-Heroines Who Test the Limits of Morality

6 Books Featuring Dark Anti-Heroines Who Test the Limits of Morality

Who needs a traditional hero when you can have all that tortured, selfish, maybe fundamentally immoral striving?

By Susie Yang | November 4, 2020

A Guide to Deciding Whether Your Fictional Character Is a Vigilante or a Straight-Up Killer

A Guide to Deciding Whether Your Fictional Character Is a Vigilante or a Straight-Up Killer

Sometimes the line between serial killer and avenging crusader is perilously thin.

By Layne Fargo | November 4, 2020

How the Discovery of a Rare Pink Diamond Led One Reporter into the World of Thrillers

How the Discovery of a Rare Pink Diamond Led One Reporter into the World of Thrillers

Matthew Hart wrote about diamonds and gold. One day, he got the call from Brazil—an 81-carater came out of the river.

By Matthew Hart | November 3, 2020

A Few Thoughts and Speculations on the State of Irish Crime Fiction

A Few Thoughts and Speculations on the State of Irish Crime Fiction

John Connolly on the current generation of Irish crime novelists and crime readers.

By John Connolly | November 3, 2020

In a Pandemic World, We're All Engaging in Speculative Fiction

In a Pandemic World, We're All Engaging in Speculative Fiction

Fiction writers have long tried to figure out how the world, and our relationship to it, might change after cataclysm.

By Ariel S. Winter | November 3, 2020

Crime, Politics, and History: An Election Day 2020 Reader

Crime, Politics, and History: An Election Day 2020 Reader

A collection of stories that will take you outside today's firestorm but still within the political arena, if only for a little while.

By CrimeReads | November 3, 2020

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The "Educated" Crime Novels of Cambridge

In a city dominated by a famous university, students, professors, and the occasional vicar supply the mysteries.

By Paul French | November 2, 2020

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