The Real <em>Dracula</em> Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

The Real Dracula Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

Forget what you think you know about the ur-vampire story. Bram Stoker's masterpiece was a sprawling, radical detective novel.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 31, 2019

Every Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel, Assembled For Your Crime Reading Pleasure

Every Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel, Assembled For Your Crime Reading Pleasure

From Sue Grafton to Attica Locke, it's been quite a three decade run for Bouchercon's big award.

By CrimeReads | October 31, 2019

The Best Book Covers of October

The Best Book Covers of October

The Best Cover Art in Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

By CrimeReads | October 31, 2019

CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of October

CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of October

Charles Willeford's Miami, Richard Wright's crime novel, and the cultural legacy of Nancy Drew.

By CrimeReads | October 31, 2019

5 Action Thrillers to Read This October

5 Action Thrillers to Read This October

Spies, Cold Cases, and the Sui Generis Thrills of Jack Reacher

By Ryan Steck | October 30, 2019

8 Spooky Podcasts to Listen To This Halloween

8 Spooky Podcasts to Listen To This Halloween

From ghosts to ghosting, all the podcasts to check out

By Emily Stein | October 30, 2019

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  • Stations
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The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable Discussion with Crime Authors

By CrimeReads | October 30, 2019

Bouchercon 2019: A Guide to the Many Fantastic Crime Panels

By CrimeReads | October 30, 2019

The Perks of Living in a Haunted House

By Erica Wright | October 29, 2019

20 Essential Films That Blur the Line Between Horror and Noir

20 Essential Films That Blur the Line Between Horror and Noir

Exploring the cinema of darkness, light, and terrifying shadows.

By Zach Vasquez | October 29, 2019

5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

Learning to write suspense, one scary movie at a time.

By Lisa Black | October 29, 2019

7 Crime Tropes We Really Could Do Without

7 Crime Tropes We Really Could Do Without

It's time for a genre full of cliches to clean up its act.

By Abigail Tarttelin | October 28, 2019

The KGB's Surprisingly Effective Plan to Exile Solzhenitsyn

The KGB's Surprisingly Effective Plan to Exile Solzhenitsyn

Inside the plan to turn the Soviet Union's most dangerous dissident into the West's least popular defector.

By Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan | October 28, 2019

My First Day As a Crime Scene Cleaner

My First Day As a Crime Scene Cleaner

On Hauntings, Murder, and the Terrifying Blankness of Erasure

By J. W. Ocker | October 28, 2019

How to Write Crime Fiction Set in the Near Future

How to Write Crime Fiction Set in the Near Future

"It isn’t so much about what’s possible, but what’s plausible."

By Steven James | October 28, 2019

October's Best Debut Novels

October's Best Debut Novels

Unreliable Memories, Runaway Gamines, and Haunted Coastlines

By CrimeReads | October 25, 2019

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