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A Look at Gilded Age Crimes, Then and Now

A Look at Gilded Age Crimes, Then and Now

“The whole damn world believes in dynamite.”

By Mariah Fredericks | April 18, 2019

Women Spies During WWII Were Way Better At Keeping Secrets Than Their Male Counterparts

Women Spies During WWII Were Way Better At Keeping Secrets Than Their Male Counterparts

On Spymaster Vera Atkins And Her Extremely Capable Network

By Alisa Smith | April 16, 2019

The Early Days of Undercover Detective Work

The Early Days of Undercover Detective Work

How Undercover Agents Slowly Made Their Way to America

By Charles Lane | April 15, 2019

Brussels '79: A Thriller Born of a Tumultuous Era

Brussels '79: A Thriller Born of a Tumultuous Era

Peter May on How a Classic Thriller Came Together in a New Europe

By Peter May | April 15, 2019

Triple Jeopardy

Triple Jeopardy

Anne Perry

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 12, 2019

On Mourning and Post-Mortem Photography

On Mourning and Post-Mortem Photography

After Tragedy, Drawing Inspiration from Victorian Death Rituals

By Kris Waldherr | April 11, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Best Historical Fiction of 2019 (So Far)

By Molly Odintz | April 10, 2019

Jacobean Noir: Poison, Scandal & An Infamous Beauty

By Elizabeth Fremantle | April 10, 2019

Metropolis

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 10, 2019

Vice and Virtue<br> in the Newgate Novel

Vice and Virtue
in the Newgate Novel

How 18th Century Crime Bulletins Inspired The Earliest Crime Fiction (And the Earliest Backlash Against Crime Fiction)

By Rebecca Rego Barry | April 8, 2019

The Victorian Quack: Between Folklore and Science

The Victorian Quack: Between Folklore and Science

A Brief Survey of Victorian "Cures"

By Oscar De Muriel | April 8, 2019

Who Slays the Wicked

Who Slays the Wicked

C.S. Harris

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 5, 2019

The Birth of the Modern <br>Ghost Story

The Birth of the Modern
Ghost Story

On Spiritualism, Seances, and the Evolution of Ghostly Literature

By Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton | April 2, 2019

CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of the Month

CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of the Month

March's Best CrimeReads Features

By CrimeReads | March 29, 2019

Jacqueline Winspear Wants Us<br> To Respect The Dead

Jacqueline Winspear Wants Us
To Respect The Dead

The Historical Crime Novelist Talks Maisie Dobbs, Research, and British Sang-Froid

By Molly Odintz | March 26, 2019

The Malta Exchange

The Malta Exchange

Steve Berry

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 25, 2019

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