How Reading Robert Cormier's Dark YA Helped Me Sort Through My Teacher’s Death

How Reading Robert Cormier's Dark YA Helped Me Sort Through My Teacher’s Death

Working Through Trauma in the Library Stacks

By Brenna Ehrlich | August 26, 2019

When Murder Comes Home

When Murder Comes Home

I had always loved reading (and writing) crime stories. Then police found a body buried in my mother's backyard.

By J. L. Doucette | August 26, 2019

<em>Ready or Not</em> is a Bloody Good Time at the Movies

Ready or Not is a Bloody Good Time at the Movies

How Ready or Not marries traditional mystery tropes to feminist horror to tell a story of old money gone awry.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 23, 2019

Rex Stout: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Rex Stout: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and a Crime Fiction Legend

By Neil Nyren | August 23, 2019

Rachel Monroe Knows that Women Love True Crime Because People Love True Crime

Rachel Monroe Knows that Women Love True Crime Because People Love True Crime

Talking with the author of Savage Appetites about fandom, obsession, and the power of the internet.

By Molly Odintz | August 23, 2019

Now Streaming in Crime: August

Now Streaming in Crime: August

Your Guide to the Best Noir, Mystery, and Thrillers Now Streaming

By Camille LeBlanc | August 23, 2019

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1970s Crime Fiction
and The Incredible Rise of 'Regional' Noir

By J. Kingston Pierce | August 22, 2019

August's Best International Crime Fiction

By CrimeReads | August 22, 2019

The Art of Subterranean Fiction

By Alix Nathan | August 22, 2019

Secrets of the 9-1-1 Dispatcher

Secrets of the 9-1-1 Dispatcher

An author and longtime emergency responder breaks down the tricks of the trade and a few hard-earned lessons for a crisis.

By R.H. Herron | August 22, 2019

7 Books that Put the 'Psychology' in Psychological Thrillers

7 Books that Put the 'Psychology' in Psychological Thrillers

How Thrillers Explore the Reaches of Human Behavior

By Lauren North | August 22, 2019

The 7 Most Suspenseful Jury Verdicts In Literature and Film

The 7 Most Suspenseful Jury Verdicts In Literature and Film

For courtroom drama, there's no topping a good jury verdict.

By Hank Phillippi Ryan | August 21, 2019

Curing Homesickness with Crime Fiction

Curing Homesickness with Crime Fiction

Crime fiction can take us outside ourselves—and in resolution, return us home.

By Elka Ray | August 21, 2019

8 Books About Idyllic Vacations Gone Terribly Wrong

8 Books About Idyllic Vacations Gone Terribly Wrong

Psychological Thrillers Where Holidays Descend Into Nightmares

By Michele Campbell | August 21, 2019

August's Best New Action Thrillers

August's Best New Action Thrillers

7 Big Books to Close out Summer Thriller Season

By Ryan Steck | August 21, 2019

10 Great Books That Defy All Genre Labels

10 Great Books That Defy All Genre Labels

What is a "crime" book, anyway?

By Rob Hart | August 20, 2019

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