They Get the Assignment: Alison Gaylin's Favorite Fictional Female Detectives

They Get the Assignment: Alison Gaylin's Favorite Fictional Female Detectives

These PIs move through the world with their own style.

By Alison Gaylin | September 12, 2024

Where Chills Meet Thrills: 7 Eerie Crime Novels

Where Chills Meet Thrills: 7 Eerie Crime Novels

"[E]ach of these novels is steeped in the kind of eerie atmosphere that threatens to unsettle your perceptions and infect your dreams."

By Megan Taylor | September 11, 2024

Not Just Fargo: Why Minnesota Makes the Perfect Setting for Crime Fiction

Not Just Fargo: Why Minnesota Makes the Perfect Setting for Crime Fiction

"Hotdish and hot tempers. The shocking red of blood against flat white snow. Threatening words delivered in a cheery accent"

By Caroline Woods | September 11, 2024

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 9, 2024

Four Gothic and Neo-Gothic Novels About Mothers

Four Gothic and Neo-Gothic Novels About Mothers

"Maternal figures not only propel Gothic plots but heighten their terror."

By Gail Lukasik | September 6, 2024

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 3, 2024

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  • Stations
  • West of Loveland
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  • The Pen: A Human History
  • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
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  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

What is a Screwball Thriller?

By Sandra Block | September 3, 2024

Gothic Fiction with a Twist

By Olesya Salnikova Gilmore | September 3, 2024

Books In Which Things Are Terrible Even Before the Haunted Cabin Shows Up

By Molly Odintz | August 29, 2024

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

These young protagonists must choose between continuing their family's manipulations—or breaking the cycle completely

By M. M. DeLuca | August 28, 2024

8 Brooding Gothic Mysteries Set On the British Isles

8 Brooding Gothic Mysteries Set On the British Isles

"There’s something to be said for the particular feeling that the British Isles conveys, especially when a Gothic story is at play"

By Dawn Kurtagich | August 28, 2024

Inviting The Danger In: On House Guests, Unexpected Visitors and Real Estate Paranoia 

Inviting The Danger In: On House Guests, Unexpected Visitors and Real Estate Paranoia 

C.M. Ewan on books where the call is moving from inside the house.

By C.M. Ewan | August 27, 2024

Fiona Barton on Women Journalists in Crime Fiction

Fiona Barton on Women Journalists in Crime Fiction

Relentless, ingenious, and sometimes morally murky.

By Fiona Barton | August 27, 2024

Dark Desert Highway: My Favorite (Scary) Road Trips In Literature

Dark Desert Highway: My Favorite (Scary) Road Trips In Literature

Anna Downes goes on a winding journey through the best horror novels set on the road

By Anna Downes | August 26, 2024

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | August 26, 2024

Philadelphia: Plenty of Crime Fiction, Not So Much Brotherly Love

Philadelphia: Plenty of Crime Fiction, Not So Much Brotherly Love

Crime and the City visits Philadelphia.

By Paul French | August 26, 2024

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