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The Grand Tour: Eight Thrillers Featuring Americans in Europe

The Grand Tour: Eight Thrillers Featuring Americans in Europe

These fish-out-of-water crime novels drop their American protagonists across the ocean and into hot water.

By Mark Pryor | October 1, 2020

A Long Tradition of Darkly Humorous Crime Fiction

A Long Tradition of Darkly Humorous Crime Fiction

Satire and humor have long had an important role to play in crime novels. These authors use transgressive laughs to enhance their art.

By Thomas H. Carry | October 1, 2020

A Devastating Fire and Evidence of Arson

A Devastating Fire and Evidence of Arson

As the embers cooled in Australia's Latrobe Valley, investigators searched for an arsonist amidst an uptick of fire-setting.

By Chloe Hooper | September 30, 2020

The 6 Best Books About True Crime on College Campuses

The 6 Best Books About True Crime on College Campuses

These real-life accounts offer insight into the toll of violence on campus

By Randy Dotinga | September 30, 2020

On the Rearranged Sherlockian World of <em>Enola Holmes</em>

On the Rearranged Sherlockian World of Enola Holmes

What the new Netflix film accomplishes in stressing diversity and political equality, it also flubs in erasing the real people who fought for these things.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 30, 2020

The Modern Detective: Inside the Secret World of Private Investigators

The Modern Detective: Inside the Secret World of Private Investigators

Corporate intelligence is reshaping the world. One private detective surveys the shifting terrain.

By Tyler Maroney | September 30, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Alison Stine on Dystopian Nightmares and Her New "Climate Chaos" Thriller

By Unlikeable Female Characters | September 30, 2020

Five International Crime Novels You Should Read This September

By Molly Odintz | September 29, 2020

The Evolution of Jack Reacher

By Heather Martin | September 29, 2020

Human Resources: How My Conspiracy Fiction Began to Bleed Into My Life

Human Resources: How My Conspiracy Fiction Began to Bleed Into My Life

On Conspiracy, Commodification, and Corporate Nightmares

By Jeremy Robert Johnson | September 29, 2020

Carlos Castaneda: The Mysterious Life of a Guru in 1970s California

Carlos Castaneda: The Mysterious Life of a Guru in 1970s California

Castaneda wrote a series of wildly popular books extolling a shaman's teachings. Was any of it real?

By Mike Sager | September 29, 2020

Crime and the City: Palermo, Sicily

Crime and the City: Palermo, Sicily

Exploring the crime literature of an ancient city plagued by corruption and organized crime.

By Paul French | September 28, 2020

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New releases from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 28, 2020

What Are the Sexiest Books in Contemporary Crime Fiction? Authors Discuss

What Are the Sexiest Books in Contemporary Crime Fiction? Authors Discuss

Our "sex in crime fiction" roundtable needed two parts because there was just too much to discuss.

By Lisa Levy | September 28, 2020

Sympathy for the Double Agent

Sympathy for the Double Agent

"Whether fiction or non, the lot of the double agent is rarely a happy one."

By M. L. Huie | September 28, 2020

Jim Thompson Is The Cynical Voice of Reason We Need In This Dumpster Fire of a Year

Jim Thompson Is The Cynical Voice of Reason We Need In This Dumpster Fire of a Year

"Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle."

By Molly Odintz | September 27, 2020

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