Crime Reads
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    The Crime Fiction of Overcoming Self-Doubt

    The Crime Fiction of Overcoming Self-Doubt

    Because sometimes, our greatest enemies are ourselves....

    By Kerry Lonsdale | July 24, 2019

    The Art of Setting Your Crime Novel in a Not-So-Distant Past

    The Art of Setting Your Crime Novel in a Not-So-Distant Past

    How crime authors capture the little details of life in the 1960s, 70s, and other evocative eras of recent history.

    By Wendy Corsi Staub | July 24, 2019

    July's Best True Crime Books

    July's Best True Crime Books

    Con Artists, Scandal in Boston, and the Hunt for a Meticulous Serial Killer

    By CrimeReads | July 23, 2019

    Raymond Chandler: The Art of Beginning a Crime Story

    Raymond Chandler: The Art of Beginning a Crime Story

    The 10 Greatest Opening Paragraphs from a Noir Master

    By Dwyer Murphy | July 23, 2019

    Domestic Horror: A Primer

    Domestic Horror: A Primer

    These ten suspenseful horror novels featuring housebound terrors will scare the hell out of your inner child!

    By T. Marie Vandelly | July 23, 2019

    When Crime Authors Write Non-Crime Books

    When Crime Authors Write Non-Crime Books

    8 crime authors moonlighting in other forms of literature

    By Lisa Levy | July 22, 2019

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Stations
    • West of Loveland
    • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
    • Sweet Pea
    • The Pen: A Human History
    • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
    • Gloria Don't Speak
    • The Heights
    • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

    Consider the Airport Thriller

    By David Bell | July 22, 2019

    Patricia Moyes: A Crime Reader's Guide to the Classics

    By Neil Nyren | July 19, 2019

    10 Thrillers Featuring a Dance of Girlfriends and Deception

    By Allison Dickson | July 19, 2019

    The Evolution of Walt Longmire: Somewhere Between Laughter and Death

    The Evolution of Walt Longmire: Somewhere Between Laughter and Death

    A Bookseller's Guide to Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire Series

    By Scott Montgomery | July 18, 2019

    8 Thrillers Featuring Ambitious Women

    8 Thrillers Featuring Ambitious Women

    Provocative Power Fantasies, or Feminist Cautionary Tales?

    By Layne Fargo | July 18, 2019

    Midwestern America: The Coziest Place on Earth

    Midwestern America: The Coziest Place on Earth

    Small Towns, Quirky Suspects, and Some Very Cozy Mysteries

    By Maddie Day | July 17, 2019

    Edna Buchanan's Miami

    Edna Buchanan's Miami

    She was Edna Rydzik in Jersey. In Miami, she was the hardboiled crime writer who defined an era and left a complex legacy.

    By Sarah Weinman | July 16, 2019

    Guilt, Innocence, and Doubt <br>in the Historical Crime Novel

    Guilt, Innocence, and Doubt
    in the Historical Crime Novel

    Resolution is overrated. It's time to embrace doubt instead.

    By Laura Purcell | July 16, 2019

    Bali: The Darker Side of an Island Paradise

    Bali: The Darker Side of an Island Paradise

    Drugs, Gangs, Expats...and Crime Literature on the Rise

    By Paul French | July 15, 2019

    The Weird, Wild, Inimitable Noir of Donald E. Westlake

    The Weird, Wild, Inimitable Noir of Donald E. Westlake

    A day to celebrate the life and work of a crime fiction icon

    By Dwyer Murphy | July 12, 2019

    « First‹ Previous157158159160161162163164165Next ›Last »
    Page 161 of 190
  • Support Us!

  • Popular Posts

    • Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated ThrillersOctober 14, 2026
      0
    • 2.
      Adrian Van Young on Growing Up in the Metal Scene and Finding His Way to Crime FictionOctober 13, 2026 by Adrian Van Young
      0
    • 3.
      The Most Anticipated Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of Fall 2026September 11, 2026 by Molly Odintz
      0
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member