Crime Reads » Espionage/Thriller

The Mysterious Case of the CIA's Man in Moscow

Alexander Ogorodnik was recruited in a Turkish bath in Bogotá, Colombia. Then, he was summoned back to Moscow.

By Howard Blum | June 8, 2022

M. P. Woodward: Why It Took Me Twenty Years To Write My First Spy Thriller

How changing technology motivated a former naval intelligence officer to revisit his dreams of writing fiction.

By M. P. Woodward | June 6, 2022

A List of Feminist Thrillers

"To me, a feminist thriller explores the experiences of women in the real world."

By Nora Murphy | May 31, 2022

What Is It Like to Live in One of the Oldest Houses in America?

It may be haunted, but the ghosts are rather benign...

By Glenn Cooper | May 31, 2022

Tenet, Revisited: Why Christopher Nolan’s Most Difficult Film Deserves a Second Chance

John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in a time-travel espionage caper – this warrants another viewing.

By Nick Kolakowski | May 26, 2022

The 10 Most Captivating Apocalypse Novels

"All doomsday stories essentially ask the same central dramatic question: at the end of it all, what really mattered?"

By David Yoon | May 25, 2022

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By Brian Klingborg | May 19, 2022

Writing History When the Crime Is Stranger Than Fiction

By David Adams Cleveland | May 17, 2022

Adrian McKinty on Family, Survival, and Finding Inspiration in 1970s Thrillers

The author traces his new thriller back to an incident on a remote Australian island and repeated viewings of Deliverance

By Dwyer Murphy | May 17, 2022

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

Do you feel more like Hungarian student radicals or deep-cover hostile-country spies?

By Dwyer Murphy | May 13, 2022

Eight Biological Horror Movies Guaranteed to Make Your Skin Crawl

These films go beyond body horror to prove that biology itself is what's terrifying.

By Chris Holm | May 11, 2022

My First Thriller: David Baldacci

After David Baldacci got the phone call that would change his life, he had to walk back into a roomful of insurance lawyers.

By Rick Pullen | May 5, 2022

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

Featuring more Bosch, more Staircase, more Lincoln Lawyer, and most importantly Rosie Perez.

By Dwyer Murphy | April 29, 2022

You Know, For Kids! The History of a Teenage James Bond

The license to kill, the drinking, the racy affairs...what could go wrong bringing Bond to young readers?

By Luke Poling | April 22, 2022

Walking the Line: A Marriage of Thriller & Romance

"[W]ould anyone like a dark thriller-romance where the main characters aren’t forced or conditioned to love, but accidentally trip and fall into it the old-fashioned way?"

By Nicole Fanning | April 15, 2022

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