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Love in the Bookshop: A Mystery Writer's Ode to Bookstore Romances

Love in the Bookshop: A Mystery Writer's Ode to Bookstore Romances

Six novels in which romance blooms in the stacks.

By Mimi Granger | September 27, 2021

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

September brings disappearances in France, Jack London in Spain, and more.

By Dwyer Murphy | September 24, 2021

8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Fall

8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Fall

New investigations into vanished people, doomsday cults, and deathbed confessions.

By Lizzy Steiner | September 24, 2021

YA Mysteries: <br>The Prep School Edition

YA Mysteries:
The Prep School Edition

"In these books, authors paint a picture of a private and closed world to which only the select few are permitted access."

By Gabriella Lepore | September 24, 2021

Motive Is the Core of Mystery

Motive Is the Core of Mystery

7 mysteries in which motivation is the driving force of the narrative.

By Emilia Bernhard | September 24, 2021

September's Best New International Crime Fiction

September's Best New International Crime Fiction

Scandinavian serial killers, French asylums, and Italian missed connections

By Molly Odintz | September 23, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Ten Criminal Characters Motivated by Good Intentions

By Kerry Anne King | September 22, 2021

September's Best Debut Novels

By CrimeReads | September 22, 2021

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | September 20, 2021

Detroit Crime Fiction: A Literary Tradition Like No Other

Detroit Crime Fiction: A Literary Tradition Like No Other

Murder and Mayhem in the Motor City

By Paul French | September 20, 2021

Eight Books Based on Real Female Spies

Eight Books Based on Real Female Spies

No one expected women—especially women of a certain age—to be working in espionage. This invisibility made them highly effective spies.

By Stephanie Marie Thornton | September 17, 2021

Andrea Camilleri: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Andrea Camilleri: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

A tour through Inspector Salvo Montalbano's Sicily and the life and works of an Italian mystery icon.

By Neil Nyren | September 17, 2021

6 Cozy Mysteries Told From a Cat’s Purr-spective

6 Cozy Mysteries Told From a Cat’s Purr-spective

In these series, cats are the real sleuths, and humans are just there to do their bidding.

By Codi Schneider | September 17, 2021

Mystery in the Mountains: 10 Novels Set in the High Country of the American West

Mystery in the Mountains: 10 Novels Set in the High Country of the American West

In these mysteries, the rugged terrain and unforgiving elements become characters central to the story.

By Margaret Mizushima | September 16, 2021

Five Books Featuring Paintings That Reveal Emotional Truths About Their Characters

Five Books Featuring Paintings That Reveal Emotional Truths About Their Characters

"Books that grapple with visual art tend to be grappling with these very concepts, the culmination of which is, most often, mortality itself."

By Katie Lattari | September 15, 2021

In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

There's a new wave of thrillers coming out of South and East Asia, and they're radically different from their Western counterparts.

By Amanda Jayatissa | September 14, 2021

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