America's Christie: How Mignon G. Eberhart Helped Shape the Modern Female Sleuth

America's Christie: How Mignon G. Eberhart Helped Shape the Modern Female Sleuth

Excerpted from Lisa Unger's introduction to While the Patient Slept

By Lisa Unger | March 4, 2026

Two Minds, One Story: Linda Keir on How Writing Partnerships Really Work

Two Minds, One Story: Linda Keir on How Writing Partnerships Really Work

The duo of Linda Joffe Hull and Keir Graff answers questions about collaborating on thrillers

By Linda Keir | March 4, 2026

Steps to Forming a Bond—in Fiction and Life

Steps to Forming a Bond—in Fiction and Life

James Rollins on crafting characters that readers will care deeply about.

By James Rollins | March 4, 2026

Hotter Slaughter: 6 Atmospheric Thrillers Set During Heatwaves

Hotter Slaughter: 6 Atmospheric Thrillers Set During Heatwaves

Elizabeth Arnott recommends outback procedurals, sweltering city suspense novels, and more

By Elizabeth Arnott | March 3, 2026

Gin Phillips on the Joy of Falling Down a Research Rabbit Hole

Gin Phillips on the Joy of Falling Down a Research Rabbit Hole

The author of Ruby Falls mulls caving, Leo Lambert, and writing historical mysteries

By Gin Phillips | March 3, 2026

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of March 2026

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of March 2026

10 new books to check out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors

By Molly Odintz | March 3, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

How to Spot a Liar: Kate White on the Techniques of Deception in Mysteries

By Kate White | March 3, 2026

Deborah Goodrich Royce on Memory, Suspense, and Weaving Fiction from Life

By John B. Valeri | March 2, 2026

Seicho Matsumoto's Newly Reissued Suspicion Is A Master Class in Motive and Character

By Alafair Burke | March 2, 2026

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 | March 2, 2026

Crime and the City: Zagreb

Crime and the City: Zagreb

Our international crime fiction series visits Croatia.

By Paul French | March 2, 2026

2026: The Year of Corvidae

2026: The Year of Corvidae

5 recent and upcoming horror novels in which crows, ravens, and magpies play a decisive role

By Molly Odintz | February 27, 2026

Jennifer Sklias-Gahan On Gothic Literature and the Magic of Storytelling

Jennifer Sklias-Gahan On Gothic Literature and the Magic of Storytelling

"I invite you into my world of fairy tale."

By Jennifer Sklias-Gahan | February 27, 2026

What to Watch This Weekend: February 28, 2026

What to Watch This Weekend: February 28, 2026

Check out a new season of Paradise and Oscar contenders coming to streaming.

By Dwyer Murphy | February 27, 2026

5 Great Father-Daughter Crime-Solving Duos

5 Great Father-Daughter Crime-Solving Duos

Lisa Q Mathews reflects on Nancy and Carson Drew, Veronica and Keith Mars, and others

By Lisa Q. Mathews | February 27, 2026

4 Thrillers that Capture the Horror of Missing or Abandoned Siblings

4 Thrillers that Capture the Horror of Missing or Abandoned Siblings

Isabel Booth recommends stories of trauma, rage, and guilt

By Isabel Booth | February 26, 2026

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