Crime Reads » The Latest

Parenting Gone Wild—In Crime Fiction

Parenting Gone Wild—In Crime Fiction

"You’ll never read a book as dramatic, as thrilling, and as unpredictable as a day in the life of a parent."

By Pamela Crane | August 18, 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 | August 17, 2020

The Crime Fiction of New Zealand

The Crime Fiction of New Zealand

A new generation of New Zealand authors is continuing a tradition of mystery.

By Paul French | August 17, 2020

Memory and Alcohol: A Potent Combination for Fiction

Memory and Alcohol: A Potent Combination for Fiction

In suspense fiction, memory loss and amnesia from drinking are the perfect stand-in for our unreliable memories as a whole.

By Adele Parks | August 17, 2020

8 Children’s Mystery Novels That Are Enjoyable for All Ages

8 Children’s Mystery Novels That Are Enjoyable for All Ages

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."

By Taryn Souders | August 15, 2020

How an Indiana Preacher's Son Transformed into a Western Lawman—and a Killer

How an Indiana Preacher's Son Transformed into a Western Lawman—and a Killer

Ed Cantrell went to Wyoming and cast himself in the mould of Western gunslinging icons. Then, he was charged with murder.

By Rone Tempest | August 14, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Seven Thrillers About Filmmakers and Subversive Art

By Kate Reed Petty | August 14, 2020

Ron Rash on Crime and Punishment in Appalachia

By Mae Miller Claxton | August 14, 2020

To Understand the Appeal of Cults, We Turn to Fiction

By J.P. Pomare | August 14, 2020

The Unbearable Freedom of Feral Children

The Unbearable Freedom of Feral Children

Or, We Are All Exactly as Animal as Each Other

By mariaromascomoore2 | August 14, 2020

My First Thriller: David Morrell

My First Thriller: David Morrell

How the 'First Blood' author went from being a graduate student writing Faulkner imitations to reinventing the action novel.

By Rick Pullen | August 13, 2020

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This August

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This August

Complex friendships, toxic relationships, and murder next door.

By Lisa Levy | August 13, 2020

Why Writing About Psychopaths Keeps Me Sane

Why Writing About Psychopaths Keeps Me Sane

On the perverse delights and vengeful satisfactions of channeling our darkest impulses into fiction.

By Nina Sadowsky | August 13, 2020

Faces on the Milk Cartons: The Lost Boys of Des Moines

Faces on the Milk Cartons: The Lost Boys of Des Moines

In the 1980s, three Iowa boys went missing. Their disappearances loomed large in my childhood, and have haunted me ever since.

By Kali White | August 13, 2020

James Lee Burke on Art, Fascism, and the Hijacking of American Christianity

James Lee Burke on Art, Fascism, and the Hijacking of American Christianity

The legendary author's new work may be his most deeply religious to date—and among his darkest.

By David Masciotra | August 12, 2020

Maybe We Read Crime Fiction Because Deep Down, We All Know We're Complicit in Crime

Maybe We Read Crime Fiction Because Deep Down, We All Know We're Complicit in Crime

One author's theory for why we keep returning to crime.

By John Galligan | August 12, 2020

« First ‹ Previous 354 355 356 357358359 360 361 362 Next ›Last »

Page 358 of 477