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    March's Best Debut Novels

    March's Best Debut Novels

    9 Debut Crime and Mystery Novels to Check Out This Month (Possibly While Stuck Inside)

    By CrimeReads | March 17, 2020

    Why Robert Stone Went to Saigon—And Came Back With <em>Dog Soldiers</em>

    Why Robert Stone Went to Saigon—And Came Back With Dog Soldiers

    The dark journey of a classic novel of moral outrage.

    By Madison Smartt Bell | March 17, 2020

    In the Emergency Room, Doctors Need Detective Skills—And Empathy

    In the Emergency Room, Doctors Need Detective Skills—And Empathy

    Why Chris Bohjalian went looking for inspiration in the ER

    By Chris Bohjalian | March 17, 2020

    Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford: Hollywood's Greatest Feud

    Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford: Hollywood's Greatest Feud

    On the set of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962.

    By Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan | March 16, 2020

    On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

    On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

    In writing a crime novel, I took inspiration from my activist forbears and their epic confrontations with the robber barons of timber.

    By melissaannpeterson2 | March 16, 2020

    Away With the Fairies

    Away With the Fairies

    How an old family legend and the story of a haunted cottage taught me a healthy respect for the supernatural.

    By Carlene O'Connor | March 16, 2020

    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

    The Fantastical World of Crime Scene Investigation

    By Victor Methos | March 13, 2020

    Caroline Kepnes and Ani Katz on Using Fiction to Dissect Toxic Masculinity

    By Caroline Kepnes & Ani Katz | March 13, 2020

    5 True Crime Books to Read This March

    By CrimeReads | March 13, 2020

    The Best Historical Fiction of 2020 (So Far)

    The Best Historical Fiction of 2020 (So Far)

    From murder at Plymouth Rock to intrigue in mid-century Florida, 10 standout historical crime novels to devour this spring

    By Molly Odintz | March 12, 2020

    America’s First Crime Novel Was Rural Noir—We Should Still Be Reading It

    America’s First Crime Novel Was Rural Noir—We Should Still Be Reading It

    Reconsidering Charles Brockden Brown’s 1798 novel, Edgar Huntly, or Memoirs of a Sleepwalker

    By Chris McGinley | March 12, 2020

    Royal Scandals Through The Centuries

    Royal Scandals Through The Centuries

    Brawls, disappearances, executions, affairs and more affairs.

    By Deanna Raybourn | March 12, 2020

    <em>Spenser: Confidential</em> Isn’t Your Father’s Spenser. Hell, It Isn’t Even Robert B. Parker’s Spenser.

    Spenser: Confidential Isn’t Your Father’s Spenser. Hell, It Isn’t Even Robert B. Parker’s Spenser.

    A new look and a new era for Boston's legendary private eye.

    By Keith Roysdon | March 12, 2020

    The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles

    The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles

    34 novels every lover of LA Noir should read as soon as humanly possible.

    By Katie Orphan | March 11, 2020

    The Evolution of the

    The Evolution of the "Mildly Autistic Super-Detective"

    A trope finds its way toward authenticity.

    By Zack Budryk | March 11, 2020

    Dr. Lise Meitner: The Mystery of the Disappearing Physicist

    Dr. Lise Meitner: The Mystery of the Disappearing Physicist

    She split the atom and fled the Nazis. History tried to erase her.

    By Jan Eliasberg | March 11, 2020

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