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Adam Hamdy on Antiheroes We Hate to Love

Adam Hamdy on Antiheroes We Hate to Love

"Are we fascinated by the distortion? Do we secretly yearn to be free of the morality that constrains our decisions?"

By Adam Hamdy | December 3, 2024

Understanding the Detective Novel as a Workplace Novel

Understanding the Detective Novel as a Workplace Novel

"[T]he detectives we read about don’t just do their job, they are deeply invested in it."

By Jane Pek | December 3, 2024

How to Write about Spirituality While Crafting a Dynamic Narrative

How to Write about Spirituality While Crafting a Dynamic Narrative

Asking existential questions shouldn't preclude writers from creating a propulsive story with complex characterization

By Cary Groner | December 3, 2024

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 | December 2, 2024

My 5 Favorite Christmas Cozy Mysteries

My 5 Favorite Christmas Cozy Mysteries

Jacqueline Frost's guide to curling up by the fire with a good cozy mystery.

By Jacqueline Frost | December 2, 2024

Lyon: A World Capital of Gastronomy and Crime Books

Lyon: A World Capital of Gastronomy and Crime Books

With the Quais du Polar festival and a long trail of books, Lyon has become a premier city for crime fiction.

By Paul French | December 2, 2024

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8 Books about Women Keeping Secrets

By Midge Raymond | December 2, 2024

Finish Out the Year with These Five International Thrillers

By Molly Odintz | November 29, 2024

Alan Bradley and Olivia Rutigliano talk about creating characters, the joys of writing, and if Sherlock Holmes was a woman

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 27, 2024

A Heady Blend of Murder and the Supernatural: Rediscovering John Dickson Carr's <em>He Who Whispers</em>

A Heady Blend of Murder and the Supernatural: Rediscovering John Dickson Carr's He Who Whispers

Martin Edwards on a 1946 novel that demands new readership

By Martin Edwards | November 27, 2024

Shelley Burr on Small Town Mystery and Australian Crime Fiction

Shelley Burr on Small Town Mystery and Australian Crime Fiction

An interview with the author of 'Murder Town'

By Peter Handel | November 27, 2024

The Most Dangerous Locked Room of All? Space!

The Most Dangerous Locked Room of All? Space!

Five reasons to take the traditional locked-room mystery to the stars

By Lauren A. Forry | November 27, 2024

The Beat Goes On: Michael Connelly on Words, Writers & 'The Waiting'

The Beat Goes On: Michael Connelly on Words, Writers & 'The Waiting'

A new Ballard and Bosch novel examines L.A.'s most notorious unsolved murder: the Black Dahlia case.

By John B. Valeri | November 26, 2024

Is 'The Penguin' the Bloody, Nihilistic Crime Saga We Need Right Now?

Is 'The Penguin' the Bloody, Nihilistic Crime Saga We Need Right Now?

"Like all other virtues, sincerity is a sham in Gotham City–another costume."

By Hector DeJean | November 26, 2024

A Scandal Fit for Print: William Randolph Hearst and the Death of Legendary Producer, Thomas H. Ince

A Scandal Fit for Print: William Randolph Hearst and the Death of Legendary Producer, Thomas H. Ince

In November 1924, Ince suddenly died after boarding Hearst’s yacht. Was it ill health, bad luck or perhaps plain murder?

By Nathan Smith | November 26, 2024

5 New Books Coming Out This Week

5 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

By CrimeReads | November 25, 2024

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