• Espionage/Thriller

    Crime and the City: Tehran

    Reading thrillers set in Tehran, you'd be forgiven for thinking the city is half-populated by spies with "one job" to do.

    February 7, 2022  By Paul French
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    How Lee Child's Killing Floor Was Transformed Into "Reacher"

    After years of waiting, Reacher fans have a new hero—and a story that goes back to the beginning. Lee Child's biographer, Heather Martin, looks at the brand new series.

    February 3, 2022  By Heather Martin
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    Paul Vidich on the Pleasures of the Literary Spy Novel and the Ethical Ambiguities of the Late Cold War

    Vidich discusses his new novel, a Berlin tale with a nod to Hitchcock and a fascinating basis in the memoirs of Stasi spy chiefs.

    February 2, 2022  By Alex Segura
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    The Art of Throwing Truly Memorable Parties – In Suspense Novels

    Lara Elena Donnelly on dinner parties, galas, country weekends and the many tortures they inflict on characters with secrets to hide.

    February 2, 2022  By Lara Elena Donnelly
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    Undermoney

    Jay Newman

    "In a world of excess, nothing exceeded expectations like Elias Vicker’s Fire Rites of Beltane, the legendary stag party he held every year on the first Tuesday of May, just as spring buds were bursting into the brightness of just-opened leaves, lending midtown streets a transitory illusion of innocence."

    January 31, 2022  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Paul Vidich's New York: Hello to All This

    The spy novelist reflects on Joan Didion, Ian Fleming, E.B. White, and a long history of complex feelings toward New York.

    January 28, 2022  By Paul Vidich
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    All The SciFi Noir and Speculative Thrillers You Need to Get Through 2022

    Even in the future, nothing works...

    January 20, 2022  By Molly Odintz
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    Before Starting Your Next Novel, Consider Hitting the Open Road First

    Nick Petrie couldn't find the right idea for the next novel in his series. So he just started driving.

    January 19, 2022  By Nick Petrie
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    A (Partial) List of YA Mysteries That Crime Readers Will Love

    These 2021 and 2022 titles are sure to please fans of YA and crime fiction equally.

    January 18, 2022  By Molly Odintz
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    One Step Too Far

    Lisa Gardner

    "The three men came stumbling into town shortly after ten a.m., babbling of dark shapes and eerie screams and their missing buddy Scott and other missing buddy Tim."

    January 14, 2022  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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