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    10 Epistolary Thrillers That Let the Evidence Do the Talking

    10 Epistolary Thrillers That Let the Evidence Do the Talking

    Eva Jurczyk recommends mysteries told in letters, emails, archives, and more

    By Eva Jurczyk | October 6, 2026

    Katherine Reay on the Enduring Popularity of Golden-Age British Mysteries

    Katherine Reay on the Enduring Popularity of Golden-Age British Mysteries

    Plus four reading recommendations from the author of The Undercover Bookshop

    By Katherine Reay | October 6, 2026

    Stages, Museums, Retreats: 5 Horror Novels Set in the Art World

    Stages, Museums, Retreats: 5 Horror Novels Set in the Art World

    Faith Gladwin recommends Ling Ling Huang, Mona Awad, and more

    By Faith Gladwin | October 6, 2026

    Prisoner of Love: On Research, Ethics, and Matters of the Heart

    Prisoner of Love: On Research, Ethics, and Matters of the Heart

    When intimate and private love letters are the only surviving evidence from an old trial, should a researcher include them in their book?

    By Jack El-Hai | October 6, 2026

    New York City Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt's War Against Banana Peels

    New York City Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt's War Against Banana Peels

    Peeling open the story of an unexpected crime wave, via Ephemeral New York

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 5, 2026

    Crime and the City: Nairobi

    Crime and the City: Nairobi

    A crime and mystery reading tour through the capital of Kenya.

    By Paul French | October 5, 2026

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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    By CrimeReads | October 5, 2026

    Hank Phillippi Ryan on Endings, Generational Scars, and Secrets in Mysteries

    By John B. Valeri | October 5, 2026

    9 Suspense Novels with Unforgettable Settings

    By Hallie Shepherd | October 2, 2026

    The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers, of the Month: October 2026

    The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers, of the Month: October 2026

    Featuring new titles from Michael Connelly, Lyndsay Faye, Elizabeth Hand, T. Geronimo Johnson, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Kostova, and more

    By Molly Odintz | October 2, 2026

    Remembering Kevin, the KGB Officer Who Watched Us During a Secret Mission to the USSR

    Remembering Kevin, the KGB Officer Who Watched Us During a Secret Mission to the USSR

    After watching the new movie 'Mayday', Dr. Merryl Goldberg recalls her own complicated relationship with a KGB minder.

    By Dr. Merryl Goldberg | October 2, 2026

    Eight of the Best Meta Mysteries

    Eight of the Best Meta Mysteries

    Knowing, winking, playful mysteries to beguile and delight you!

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 2, 2026

    Welcome to The Wiregrass, Where Corruption Is Rampant, Contradictions Abound, and Cynicism Reigns Supreme

    Welcome to The Wiregrass, Where Corruption Is Rampant, Contradictions Abound, and Cynicism Reigns Supreme

    Matt Kessler on a region "offering a rare glimpse of Southern culture without its veneer of decorum."

    By Matt Kessler | October 1, 2026

    Two Generations, One Shared Experience: On Incarceration, Redemption, and Family Love

    Two Generations, One Shared Experience: On Incarceration, Redemption, and Family Love

    Dr. Tonesa Welch, former first lady of the Black Mafia Family, and her son H. Corey Mills on finding trust again through co-writing a memoir

    By Dr. Tonesa Welch and H. Corey Mills | October 1, 2026

    Dan Warner on A.I., Life as Data, and Depicting Emerging Technologies in Fiction

    Dan Warner on A.I., Life as Data, and Depicting Emerging Technologies in Fiction

    The author of Wither ponders the "datafication" of the world as his twins sleep

    By Dan Warner | October 1, 2026

    Sherry Thomas' Favorite Mysteries Set on the South West England Coast

    Sherry Thomas' Favorite Mysteries Set on the South West England Coast

    A literary tour of the South West Coast Path from the author of The Vanished Sister

    By Sherry Thomas | October 1, 2026

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