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James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing
Craft lessons distilled from one of crime fiction's all-time greats.
By
Dwyer Murphy
| October 12, 2020
17 Crime Fiction Series That Use Real Historical Figures As Sleuths
Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Charlotte Brontë, and many more appear as detectives in these historical crime novels.
By
Heather Redmond
| October 9, 2020
How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters
"So he names us and he says okay start talking."
By
Dwyer Murphy
| October 9, 2020
Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World
"The setting of a horror tale needs to create a sense of unheimlich, with the reader every bit as nervous...as the characters."
By
C.J. Cooke
| October 9, 2020
The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life
"The con artist has a special gift for knowing what we want and giving it to us, then taking what they were after all along."
By
Lisa Unger
| October 8, 2020
5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October
Missing husbands, murdered trainers, and feminist revenge killers.
By
Lisa Levy
| October 7, 2020
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Romy Hausmann's Top Five German Thrillers
By
Romy Hausmann
| October 7, 2020
Eight Dazzling Historical Thrillers Featuring Real Life Jewels and Paintings
By
Kirsty Manning
| October 6, 2020
10 New Books Coming Out This Week
By
CrimeReads
| October 5, 2020
Why Most Con Artist Stories Are Also About Social Class
"Are we more likely to excuse fraud—or enjoy depictions of it—committed in the name of 'the finer things in life'?"
By
Emily Gray Tedrowe
| October 2, 2020
What's New to Streaming in October: Crime Edition
Rebecca is headed to Netflix, Bly Manor is haunted, and HBO is having rich people problems.
By
Dwyer Murphy
| October 2, 2020
13 Novels You Should Read in October
The month's best new books in crime, mystery, and thrillers.
By
CrimeReads
| October 1, 2020
The Grand Tour: Eight Thrillers Featuring Americans in Europe
These fish-out-of-water crime novels drop their American protagonists across the ocean and into hot water.
By
Mark Pryor
| October 1, 2020
A Long Tradition of Darkly Humorous Crime Fiction
Satire and humor have long had an important role to play in crime novels. These authors use transgressive laughs to enhance their art.
By
Thomas H. Carry
| October 1, 2020
The 6 Best Books About True Crime on College Campuses
These real-life accounts offer insight into the toll of violence on campus
By
Randy Dotinga
| September 30, 2020
Five International Crime Novels You Should Read This September
These mysteries and detective stories are perfect for the armchair traveler.
By
Molly Odintz
| September 29, 2020
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