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The Best Books of 2020 (So Far)

The Best Books of 2020 (So Far)

A look at the year's best crime novels, mysteries and thrillers, with the full understanding that it's only June, barely past the solstice.

By CrimeReads | June 24, 2020

Fictional Characters Who Are Bent, But Not Broken

Fictional Characters Who Are Bent, But Not Broken

For these characters, what doesn't kill them only makes them stronger.

By Kate McLaughlin | June 24, 2020

Literary Visions of the Female Sociopath

Literary Visions of the Female Sociopath

From Euripides to Gone Girl, fictional sociopaths have always given vent to feminist rage.

By Nicola Maye Goldberg | June 23, 2020

How Modern Thrillers Are Exploring Kink and Pushing the Boundaries of Sexual Fantasy

How Modern Thrillers Are Exploring Kink and Pushing the Boundaries of Sexual Fantasy

The lovers in these thrillers take “spicing up their relationship” to the dark side.

By Robyn Harding | June 23, 2020

Five Novels of Insomnia, Sleepwalking, and Fear of Slumber

Five Novels of Insomnia, Sleepwalking, and Fear of Slumber

Can't Sleep? These Suspense Characters Can't Either!

By Megan Miranda | June 23, 2020

Crime Fiction and the Close, Sometimes Twisted Bonds of Sisterhood

Crime Fiction and the Close, Sometimes Twisted Bonds of Sisterhood

Whether searching for sisters or covering up their crimes, the bonds of family are tightest in crime fiction.

By Sarah Stewart Taylor | June 23, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How Women Writers Are Transforming Hardboiled Noir

By Shelley Blanton-Stroud | June 22, 2020

The Uneasy Noirs of
Stephen King

By Nick Kolakowski | June 22, 2020

There Are More Crime Books with Girl in the Title Than We Ever Imagined

By Lisa Levy | June 22, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #13

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #13

Double Indemnity (1944)

By Otto Penzler | June 22, 2020

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

I Object...To Unrealistic Courtroom Drama

By Craig Pittman | June 19, 2020

Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

Erle Stanley Gardner had an idea for a lawyer who liked to brawl on behalf of the little guy. 170 million copies later, he had an icon.

By Lee Randall | June 18, 2020

Queer True Crime: <br>A Reading List

Queer True Crime:
A Reading List

"Queer people have always had a relationship to crime—often by force rather than choice. Our very existence has been outlawed, criminalized, medicalized."

By James Polchin | June 18, 2020

8 Debut Novels You Should Read This June

8 Debut Novels You Should Read This June

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

By CrimeReads | June 17, 2020

10 Physicians Who Also Write Crime Fiction

10 Physicians Who Also Write Crime Fiction

From Arthur Conan Doyle to Tess Gerritsen, medical professionals have also excelled at writing mysteries.

By Molly Odintz | June 16, 2020

Writers Under Lockdown: Surviving (and Writing) During a Pandemic

Writers Under Lockdown: Surviving (and Writing) During a Pandemic

Is anyone getting any writing done these days? Contributors to a new anthology share stories of creativity, inspiration, and outrage.

By Nick Kolakowski | June 15, 2020

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