• Historical

    The Second Sleep

    Robert Harris

    "Something woke him. He was not sure what. The room was in such darkness that between his eyes being shut and open there was no difference."

    November 19, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Victorian Mystery Novels Set Around the World—Yes, That's Right, Outside England

    Japan, Russia, Brazil...Victorian-era historical fiction is so much more than London streets and British Empire.

    November 14, 2019  By Will Thomas
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    Miss Sherlock is the Smartest, Most Intuitive Sherlock Holmes Adaptation We've Seen in a While

    On Japan's female-led Sherlock Holmes reboot and how it understands its characters while transforming them.

    November 7, 2019  By Radha Vatsal
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    26 Years Later, Nicholas Meyer Is Returning to Sherlock Holmes. Why Now?

    The legendary author and director sets Sherlock Holmes on the trail of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.'

    November 6, 2019  By Adam Langer
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    Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders

    Tessa Arlen

    "Police Inspector Hargreaves of Wickham’s Criminal Investigation Department loomed over me as I sat on the edge of my chair."

    November 5, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Havana: A World Capital of Crime Fiction

    Crime and the City Visits Cuba

    November 4, 2019  By Paul French
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    Why Penny Dreadfuls Scandalized Victorian Society—But Flew off the Shelves

    On the Sensational, Sensationalistic Victorian Literary Phenomenon

    November 4, 2019  By Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga 
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    A Step so Grave

    Catriona McPherson

    "Hugh, cloaked in righteous indignation as well as a measure of true sorrow for Lady Love’s demise and his usual desire to see fair play, was happy to go along with the plan."

    November 4, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Real Dracula Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

    Forget what you think you know about the ur-vampire story. Bram Stoker's masterpiece was a sprawling, radical detective novel.

    October 31, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Curious Toys

    Elizabeth Hand

    "There he was again, smoking a cigar in front of the Infant Incubators."

    October 30, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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