Crime Reads » Espionage/Thriller

Crime and the City: Saigon

Crime and the City: Saigon

In the long shadow of Graham Greene's The Quiet American, a city's crime fiction scene thrives.

By Paul French | March 9, 2020

The Art of Letting Your Heroes Get Beat Up Now and Again

The Art of Letting Your Heroes Get Beat Up Now and Again

Sometimes the most powerful thing an author can do is kick a guy when he's down.

By John McMahon | March 6, 2020

Paul Vidich on Cold War Espionage, a CIA Cover-Up, and a Family Tragedy

Paul Vidich on Cold War Espionage, a CIA Cover-Up, and a Family Tragedy

The author's uncle was dosed with LSD and died outside a New York City hotel. Now, he's exploring that crime in a new thriller.

By Kevin Larimer | March 6, 2020

How to Write Believable, Realistic, and Responsible Violence

How to Write Believable, Realistic, and Responsible Violence

A thriller author shares 7 lessons for writing violence.

By Ed Ruggero | March 3, 2020

VICTIM 2117

VICTIM 2117

Jussi Adler-Olsen

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 2, 2020

A Brief History of Sex and Espionage

A Brief History of Sex and Espionage

How lust, emotional intimacy, and honeypots influence spy games and shape the world order.

By Michael Smith | February 28, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Last Day

By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 28, 2020

The Year's Best Action Thrillers (So Far)
(It's Not Even March)

By Ryan Steck | February 27, 2020

The Big Lie

By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 27, 2020

The Warsaw Protocol

The Warsaw Protocol

Steve Berry

By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 26, 2020

Meg Gardiner and <br>the Midnight Man

Meg Gardiner and
the Midnight Man

The Edgar-winning thriller author talks serial killers, archetypes, Nine Inch Nails, and the city of Los Angeles.

By Molly Odintz | February 18, 2020

When the Detective Is Also a Protective Parent

When the Detective Is Also a Protective Parent

In these crime novels, the protagonist's own family life introduces introduces another wrinkle to the case.

By Heather Chavez | February 18, 2020

Second Sister

Second Sister

Chan Ho-Kei

By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 18, 2020

The Pleasure (Reading) of Impending Doom

The Pleasure (Reading) of Impending Doom

A selection of books from the end of the world.

By Tosca Lee | February 14, 2020

The Ruins

The Ruins

Mat Osman

By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 13, 2020

<em>American Dirt</em> Is The Latest Shot Fired in the Genre Wars

American Dirt Is The Latest Shot Fired in the Genre Wars

American Dirt may be trauma porn, but that doesn't mean that a novel engaged with politics has to be literary—on the contrary, commercial fiction reaches a far wider audience.

By Aya de Leon | February 7, 2020

« First ‹ Previous 36 37 38 394041 42 43 44 Next ›Last »

Page 40 of 61