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    5 Debut Crime Novels to Read This August

    5 Debut Crime Novels to Read This August

    August's Best Crime and Mystery Debuts

    By CrimeReads | August 16, 2018

    Comic Book Legend Paul Levitz Visits the Ghosts of NYC

    Comic Book Legend Paul Levitz Visits the Ghosts of NYC

    "If you love a place, every time you walk through it you commune with its ghosts."

    By Paul Levitz | August 16, 2018

    The Rise of the Techno-Thriller

    The Rise of the Techno-Thriller

    12 Thrillers that Explore The Social and Ethical Issues of Innovation

    By Adam Hamdy | August 15, 2018

    True Crime Podcasts Take on a Taboo: Violent Children

    True Crime Podcasts Take on a Taboo: Violent Children

    8 Podcasts That Wade Through a Grim World of Young Criminals

    By Emily Stein | August 15, 2018

    Al Capone: Gangster Publicist

    Al Capone: Gangster Publicist

    The Legendary Mafioso Was Obsessed with Media Coverage

    By Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz | August 15, 2018

    Crime Fiction in the Scottish<br> Highlands and Islands

    Crime Fiction in the Scottish
    Highlands and Islands

    The Tartan Noir Phenomenon Has Penetrated the North of Scotland

    By Paul French | August 14, 2018

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Stations
    • West of Loveland
    • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
    • Sweet Pea
    • The Pen: A Human History
    • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
    • Gloria Don't Speak
    • The Heights
    • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

    The Essential True Crime Books of August

    By CrimeReads | August 14, 2018

    6 Criminally Under-
    Appreciated Crime Comedies

    By Howard Michael Gould | August 14, 2018

    Crime and Punishment in Shogun Japan

    By Susan Spann | August 13, 2018

    True Crime Addicts, Probation Officers, and Best Friends

    True Crime Addicts, Probation Officers, and Best Friends

    Dispatches from the Far-Flung Crime Community

    By Tori Telfer | August 13, 2018

    8 Dystopian Thrillers That Conjure the World of Orwell

    8 Dystopian Thrillers That Conjure the World of Orwell

    "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”

    By Jay Schiffman | August 13, 2018

    The Magic of Longmire Days

    The Magic of Longmire Days

    Thousands of Readers Make a Summer Pilgrimage to Wyoming. Why?

    By Bobbi Neely | August 10, 2018

    The Midwestern Crime Scene Is Doing Just Fine, You Betcha

    The Midwestern Crime Scene Is Doing Just Fine, You Betcha

    We’ll probably kill you in our next book."">"We’re apple-cheeked; we’re adorable.
    We’ll probably kill you in our next book."

    By Lori Rader-Day | August 10, 2018

    Rural Literature Isn't What You Think

    Rural Literature Isn't What You Think

    David Joy Wants a New Way to Talk About Working Class Fiction

    By David Joy | August 10, 2018

    The 20 Best Legal Thrillers<br> of the Last 20 Years

    The 20 Best Legal Thrillers
    of the Last 20 Years

    Hollywood Still Loves a Courtroom Drama. And So Do We.

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 9, 2018

    An Australian Death and a <br>Suspicious Ruling of Suicide

    An Australian Death and a
    Suspicious Ruling of Suicide

    The Night of Phoebe Handsjuk's Disapearance Gives Clues as to How The Case Was Bungled

    By Robin Bowles | August 9, 2018

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