• Features

    8 of the Most Genuinely Terrifying Novels Ever Written

    "The following books exist as vessels of terror, and I present them to you unabashedly."

    November 4, 2019  By Michael Seidlinger
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    On The Hall-Mills Murders, (a) Crime of the Century

    How the salacious double murder of a minister and a choir member in 1922 inspired one of the earliest legal thrillers.

    November 4, 2019  By Hank Phillippi Ryan
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    Why Penny Dreadfuls Scandalized Victorian Society—But Flew off the Shelves

    On the Sensational, Sensationalistic Victorian Literary Phenomenon

    November 4, 2019  By Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga 
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    Announcing the 2019 Anthony Award Winners

    The best and brightest of the crime fiction world convene.

    November 2, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    10 Novels You Should Read in November

    A look at the month's best crime fiction, mysteries, and thrillers.

    November 1, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    Atmospheric Pressure:
    The Big Sleep at Eighty

    80 years ago, Raymond Chandler reinvented crime fiction with a novel that valued atmosphere—and style—above all else.

    November 1, 2019  By Janet Roger
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    Everything You Need to Know About the World of Watchmen, HBO’s New Crime Drama

    Yes, it is a crime drama. And it is even stranger than you've heard.

    November 1, 2019  By Lincoln Michel
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    Living Your Life One Sherlock Holmes Quote at a Time

    A week in November, according to Arthur Conan Doyle

    November 1, 2019  By Arthur Conan Doyle
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    The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

    In rural crime fiction, families are bound together like chain gangs.

    November 1, 2019  By Jake Hinkson
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    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.

    October 31, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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