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The Strange, Sordid World of Elizabethan-Era True Crime

The Strange, Sordid World of Elizabethan-Era True Crime

Elizabethan England had a true crime phenomenon of its own, full of con artists, cannibals, wizards, and tales from prison.

By Megan Campisi | April 7, 2020

Historical Novels and the Morally Gray Character

Historical Novels and the Morally Gray Character

The best historical fiction explores compelling characters stuck in the murky moral in-betweens.

By Anika Scott | April 7, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 21

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 21

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

By Otto Penzler | April 6, 2020

Blurring the Lines Between Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

Blurring the Lines Between Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

True crime becoming entertainment has enormous effects on the justice system.

By Scarlett Harris | April 6, 2020

The Rise of Australian True Crime Podcasts

The Rise of Australian True Crime Podcasts

Author Sara Foster on the growing world of true crime podcasting from down under.

By Sara Foster | April 3, 2020

Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow

Border Stories: A Guide to the Novels of Don Winslow

The evolution of a career in crime fiction, from surf noir to borderland epics.

By Bruce Riordan | April 3, 2020

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Our Personalized Quarantine Crime Fiction Recommendations: Part 1

By Molly Odintz | April 2, 2020

10 Books You Should Read This April

By CrimeReads | April 1, 2020

These Are Plot Descriptions of Actual Episodes from the 1960s Spy Television Series The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and Wow they are… Insane

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 1, 2020

The Complicated Literature of Daughters and Mothers

The Complicated Literature of Daughters and Mothers

The deepest bond, full of love, affection, resentment, jealousy, and sometimes danger.

By Amy Engel | March 31, 2020

8 Great Novels Where Things Disappear

8 Great Novels Where Things Disappear

Things, people, time, space...these are different than the usual disappearances.

By Lincoln Michel | March 30, 2020

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

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

All the new shows and movies you need to get through a month of social distancing.

By Dwyer Murphy | March 30, 2020

The Crime Cinema Renaissance of 1990

The Crime Cinema Renaissance of 1990

30 years later, looking back at an epic year in crime movies.

By Zach Vasquez | March 27, 2020

Seattle: Primed and Ready for Crime Fiction Fame

Seattle: Primed and Ready for Crime Fiction Fame

Exploring the city's history and character, through crime novels

By J. Kingston Pierce | March 27, 2020

The Dark, Strange Noirs of Pascal Garnier

The Dark, Strange Noirs of Pascal Garnier

Exploring the disorienting, unsettling novels of a French master.

By Brian Greene | March 27, 2020

The Evolution—and the Future—of the Private Eye

The Evolution—and the Future—of the Private Eye

Cheryl A. Head on the authors and books ushering PI fiction into the 21st century.

By Cheryl A. Head | March 26, 2020

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