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Growing Up In a Small Town, Books Opened My World

Growing Up In a Small Town, Books Opened My World

How fiction helped me learn about the world beyond my small mining town—and gave me a new understanding of my home.

By J.A. Jance | June 12, 2020

5 True Crime Books to Read This June

5 True Crime Books to Read This June

A look at the month's best crime nonfiction.

By CrimeReads | June 12, 2020

The 2020 Anthony Award Nominees Have Been Announced

The 2020 Anthony Award Nominees Have Been Announced

A round of applause for the nominees!

By CrimeReads | June 10, 2020

Seven Thrillers About Identity and Reinvention

Seven Thrillers About Identity and Reinvention

Can you truly know the people in your life? Or yourself?

By Catherine McKenzie | June 10, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #16

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #16

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

By Otto Penzler | June 10, 2020

Into the Deep: Six Novels That Prove Lakes Are the Perfect Setting for a Murder Mystery

Into the Deep: Six Novels That Prove Lakes Are the Perfect Setting for a Murder Mystery

"I’ve spent enough time puttering across their waters or sunning on their docks to know what lurks underneath."

By Kimberly Belle | June 9, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Is Sydney Australia's Capital of Noir?

By Paul French | June 8, 2020

More Girls! Girls! Girls! (in the Titles of Crime Novels)

By Lisa Levy | June 8, 2020

Announcing the 2020 Dagger Awards Longlist

By CrimeReads | June 5, 2020

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This June

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This June

What goes with a swanky summer cocktail better than something dark and discomfiting?

By Lisa Levy | June 5, 2020

The Classics of Boxing Literature

The Classics of Boxing Literature

For thousands of years, writers have been depicting and interrogating fight culture.

By David Albertyn | June 5, 2020

11 Crime Novels That Explore Tensions Between Police and Communities

11 Crime Novels That Explore Tensions Between Police and Communities

It's time to go beyond the idea of bad apples and acknowledge the structural issues that pervade our system. Crime fiction can help.

By Molly Odintz | June 5, 2020

Falling in Love with <em>The Rockford Files</em>—All Over Again

Falling in Love with The Rockford Files—All Over Again

James Garner and 'The Rockford Files' didn’t just humanize the TV private detective; for some, the show was a kind of guide to life.

By Nathan Ward | June 4, 2020

The Best Crime, Thriller, and Horror Books for Your Quarantine Situation

The Best Crime, Thriller, and Horror Books for Your Quarantine Situation

These books will help you feel much better about that bad roommate (or at least, less alone).

By Lauren A. Forry | June 4, 2020

Six Thrillers About the Complexities of Family Relationships

Six Thrillers About the Complexities of Family Relationships

Dark secrets, close quarters, and old grudges.

By Louise Jensen | June 3, 2020

Your Guide to What's Streaming in June: Crime Edition

Your Guide to What's Streaming in June: Crime Edition

Perry Mason, international espionage, and more HBO shows that you can reasonably get through in one month.

By Dwyer Murphy | June 3, 2020

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