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    Elizabeth Hand on Outsiders, Punks, and the Crime Fiction of Subcultures

    Elizabeth Hand on Outsiders, Punks, and the Crime Fiction of Subcultures

    If you're not reading the Cass Neary series already, now's the time.

    By Lisa Levy | October 26, 2020

    The Most Haunting Settings in Crime Fiction

    The Most Haunting Settings in Crime Fiction

    "I’m a fan of a more traditional setting...stormy weather, isolated places and the darkness that hides the evil from sight."

    By Max Seeck | October 26, 2020

    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 | October 26, 2020

    Rubem Fonseca: Modernist Crime Fiction's Reluctant Star

    Rubem Fonseca: Modernist Crime Fiction's Reluctant Star

    Fonseca captured the life of Rio de Janeiro like nobody else. Revisiting his work now, after his death, is an uncanny experience.

    By Ela Bittencourt | October 23, 2020

    The Unlikely Detectives: Unlicensed, Unqualified, and Fully Invested

    The Unlikely Detectives: Unlicensed, Unqualified, and Fully Invested

    These amateur sleuths never asked to get mixed up in a murder investigation—but they won't stop looking until they find the truth.

    By Peter Colt | October 23, 2020

    Six Debut Novels You Should Read This October

    Six Debut Novels You Should Read This October

    The month's best debuts in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | October 23, 2020

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    • Switzy
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    • 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
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    I Never Loved Rebecca

    By Kit Frick | October 23, 2020

    Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of Dracula

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2020

    Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

    By Stuart Turton | October 22, 2020

    Bringing the Traditional Murder Mystery to India

    Bringing the Traditional Murder Mystery to India

    RV Raman has loved Agatha Christie style murder mysteries his whole life. But where were the stories from India?

    By RV Raman | October 22, 2020

    Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

    Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

    Now is the time to travel to the Indian Ocean and the mountains of New Zealand from the comfort of books.

    By Rose Carlyle | October 22, 2020

    'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

    'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

    In 1938, Joan Harrison read a galley of Daphne Du Maurier's masterpiece. She wouldn't rest until she had the rights to adapt it.

    By Christina Lane | October 21, 2020

    The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked

    The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked

    There's a lot at *stake* when it comes to picking pop culture's best Dracula. *Count* them down with us.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 21, 2020

    The Dark Legacy of America's Deadliest Train Wreck

    The Dark Legacy of America's Deadliest Train Wreck

    On the "White Death" disaster in Stevens Pass, Washington

    By Daco Auffenorde | October 21, 2020

    Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with

    Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with "The Mad Scientist"

    An author of sci-fi thrillers reflects on distrust of science.

    By Jane Gilmartin | October 21, 2020

    The

    The "Kidnapping Club" That Terrorized African Americans in 19th Century New York

    A gang of unscrupulous racists, with the support of prominent city figures, attacked New York City's Black community in the 1830s, and inspired novel forms of resistance.

    By Jonathan Daniel Wells | October 20, 2020

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