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    We Need More Dark Stories with Hopeful Endings

    We Need More Dark Stories with Hopeful Endings

    "To endure page after page of never-ending pain and sorrow and to culminate in the same morass of tragedy would only be nihilism."

    By Les Edgerton | December 9, 2020

    Crime by Committee: 8 Novels Featuring Group Misdeeds

    Crime by Committee: 8 Novels Featuring Group Misdeeds

    Why we’re forever entranced by co-conspirators

    By Kia Abdullah | December 8, 2020

    10 Cold Thrillers To Get You Through the Long Winter Nights

    10 Cold Thrillers To Get You Through the Long Winter Nights

    More Chills, More Thrills...

    By Paige Shelton | December 8, 2020

    The Unexpected Stars of Crime Cinema: Audrey Hepburn

    The Unexpected Stars of Crime Cinema: Audrey Hepburn

    She's usually thought of as a romantic comedy star. But she featured in some of the era's greatest thrillers.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | December 8, 2020

    The Surprisingly Dark History of Gingerbread

    The Surprisingly Dark History of Gingerbread

    Long before it became a holiday treat, gingerbread was a royal favorite, a token of fertility, and a tool for witches to exact their vengeance.

    By Maya Corrigan | December 7, 2020

    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 7, 2020

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    The Meticulous Noir of David Fincher

    By Zach Vasquez | December 4, 2020

    Homecoming Thrillers

    By Tessa Wegert | December 4, 2020

    Suffer the Little Children: Why Kids Under Pressure Make for Great Thrillers

    By Harriet Tyce | December 3, 2020

    The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

    The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

    A master of the short story, Ellin's detective novels are now mostly forgotten. They shouldn't be.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | December 2, 2020

    10 Novels You Should Read This December

    10 Novels You Should Read This December

    The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | December 2, 2020

    What's Cozier than a Cozy Mystery? A Christmas Cozy Mystery.

    What's Cozier than a Cozy Mystery? A Christmas Cozy Mystery.

    Holidays don't always go as planned—but a cozy mystery set during Christmas never fails to please.

    By Maddie Day | December 2, 2020

    Ten Chilling Thrillers to Read During The Coming Storms

    Ten Chilling Thrillers to Read During The Coming Storms

    It's going to be a long winter, but these page-turners will make the time pass a little faster...

    By Alice Blanchard | December 1, 2020

    Five of the Greatest Ambiguous Endings in Crime Fiction

    Five of the Greatest Ambiguous Endings in Crime Fiction

    Some mysteries are like life—open-ended (and open to interpretation).

    By Caz Frear | December 1, 2020

    Jakarta: Indonesia’s Megalopolis of Crime

    Jakarta: Indonesia’s Megalopolis of Crime

    Crime and the City visits one of the world's most densely populated places in search of crime fiction.

    By Paul French | November 30, 2020

    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 | November 30, 2020

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