9 Crime Novels with true crime vibes

9 Crime Novels with true crime vibes

Victoria Helen Stone rounds up fiction that will satisfy your hunger for nonfiction

By Victoria Helen Stone | July 24, 2025

July's Best International Crime Fiction

July's Best International Crime Fiction

5 newly translated tales of globe-trotting crime to read instead of blowing money on a vacation

By Molly Odintz | July 24, 2025

Simon Spurrier on The Best Crime Comics, and Why We Need More Crossover Readers

Simon Spurrier on The Best Crime Comics, and Why We Need More Crossover Readers

Spurrier makes the case for bringing together readers of crime novel and crime comics.

By Simon Spurrier | July 24, 2025

Lauren Wilson's Favorite Books Featuring Cults

Lauren Wilson's Favorite Books Featuring Cults

Rounding up a disturbing and fascinating sub-genre.

By Lauren Wilson | July 24, 2025

Let Pierce Brosnan Do Whatever He Wants!

Let Pierce Brosnan Do Whatever He Wants!

There is a very minor controversy about the "Thursday Murder Club" casting. Olivia Rutigliano weighs in.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 23, 2025

Weird girls, manic pixies, and other myths of girlhood

Weird girls, manic pixies, and other myths of girlhood

Charlotte Tierney sets the record straight on archetypes

By Charlotte Tierney | July 23, 2025

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Agatha On Board: Boats in the Mysteries of Agatha Christie

By Naomi Kaye | July 23, 2025

Spies in Small Towns

By Jay S. Bell | July 23, 2025

Buddies Like Spoiled Milk: Five Books That Feature Toxic Friendships

By Christina Dotson | July 22, 2025

The Dirty Work: The On-Going Romance Between Sex Work and Crime Fiction

The Dirty Work: The On-Going Romance Between Sex Work and Crime Fiction

David Gordon on a long tradition of entanglement.

By David Gordon | July 22, 2025

5 Thriller Novels That Grab You from Page One

5 Thriller Novels That Grab You from Page One

Ryan Pote on escapist summer sizzlers.

By Ryan Pote | July 22, 2025

Agatha Christie Will Save Us All

Agatha Christie Will Save Us All

Paul Bradley Carr on what rising mystery sales can reveal about the state of the world

By Paul Bradley Carr | July 22, 2025

<em>Tulsa King</em> Has a Spinoff, and Samuel L. Jackson is the Star

Tulsa King Has a Spinoff, and Samuel L. Jackson is the Star

Here's a first look!

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 21, 2025

6 Films Silvia Moreno-Garcia Recommends for Writers

6 Films Silvia Moreno-Garcia Recommends for Writers

The Author of "The Bewitching" on Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt," Fritz Lang, and More

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | July 21, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | July 21, 2025

Julie Clark on Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Her New Suspense Novel, 'The Ghostwriter'

Julie Clark on Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Her New Suspense Novel, 'The Ghostwriter'

A conversation about persistence and suspense.

By John B. Valeri | July 21, 2025

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