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    The Dark Pleasures of School-Based Mysteries

    The Dark Pleasures of School-Based Mysteries

    Vera Kurian on the heady, dangerous world of the campus thriller.

    By Vera Kurian | September 7, 2021

    10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

    10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

    Go behind the scenes in these tales of love, murder and revenge among the glitterati. 

    By Helen Walsh | September 7, 2021

    All I Really Need to Know I Learned Covering Homicides

    All I Really Need to Know I Learned Covering Homicides

    Life lessons—gleaned from a few decades of reporting on crime and murder.

    By Keith Roysdon | September 3, 2021

    What to Stream This September: Robert Redford's Crime Movies

    What to Stream This September: Robert Redford's Crime Movies

    Nothing takes you from the end of summer to the start of fall like a Robert Redford movie

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 2, 2021

    12 Crime Novels You Should Read This September

    12 Crime Novels You Should Read This September

    Northern Irish noir, lakeside horror, plenty of psychological thrillers, and a new novel from Colson Whitehead.

    By CrimeReads | September 1, 2021

    8 Thrillers about Women Breaking Free, Losing Control, and Taking Charge

    8 Thrillers about Women Breaking Free, Losing Control, and Taking Charge

    In an age of strong female characters, these novels track their protagonists' journeys towards empowerment.

    By Jaye Viner | August 31, 2021

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    The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: August 2021

    By CrimeReads | August 30, 2021

    A Brief Look At Some Mystery Series In Which Sleuths Age Gracefully

    By Miranda James | August 30, 2021

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    By CrimeReads | August 30, 2021

    Portland: Noir in the City of Roses

    Portland: Noir in the City of Roses

    Portland has inspired its fair share of crime novels. From its hardscrabble past to today's hot button issues, it's a city living on a knife's edge.

    By Paul French | August 30, 2021

    The Best Psychological Thrillers, According to a Clinical Psychologist

    The Best Psychological Thrillers, According to a Clinical Psychologist

    real about human development, thought processes, coping mechanisms, and interpersonal and cultural dynamics."">"My favorite books capture something tangibly and often uncomfortably real about human development, thought processes, coping mechanisms, and interpersonal and cultural dynamics."

    By S. F. Kosa | August 27, 2021

    The Power of Totalitarian Noir

    The Power of Totalitarian Noir

    Stories about cops and detectives working within authoritarian systems have always had a complex appeal. For one author, those stories now seem closer to home.

    By Thomas Mullen | August 27, 2021

    In These Crime Books, The City Is As Much A Character As A Backdrop

    In These Crime Books, The City Is As Much A Character As A Backdrop

    "Cities are full of grifters on the make, the downtrodden and the lost, and the sound of easy money. The D.N.A. of crime fiction."

    By Alan Parks | August 27, 2021

    The Month's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

    The Month's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

    A refuge from modernity, a history of Mexico's drug trade, and an investigation into the "science of suspense."

    By CrimeReads | August 26, 2021

    The Best New Books Out In Paperback This Month

    The Best New Books Out In Paperback This Month

    Featuring new paperback releases from Lucy Foley, Richard Osman, Denise Mina, Riley Sager, and more.

    By CrimeReads | August 26, 2021

    August's Best Debut Novels

    August's Best Debut Novels

    The best new debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By Molly Odintz | August 25, 2021

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