• Historical

    The Animals at Lockwood Manor

    Jane Healey

    "It was the night of the ball and Lockwood had come alive."

    March 10, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    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.

    March 6, 2020  By Kevin Larimer
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    The Rock Blaster

    Henning Mankell

    "A lamp on the bedside table casts a faint, pale light through its shade."

    March 5, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Maude Collins: Ohio's First Female Sheriff

    After her husband was killed in the line of duty, Maude Collins served out his term. Then she ran for reelection—and won.

    February 28, 2020  By Jess Montgomery
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    Gothic Themes Bring Us Together

    Everyone loves Gothic tropes: dark mansions, misty moors, and creepy families with lots of secrets

    February 26, 2020  By Catherine Cavendish
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    How to Turn A Man into a Legend

    Why I chose to take real-life Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, drop him in the middle of the Harlem Renaissance, and have him solve a murder.

    February 25, 2020  By Gary Phillips
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    People v. Gillette: How an Obscure Execution in the Finger Lakes Inspired Generations of Storytellers

    The Long Cultural Afterlife of a Horrifying Crime

    February 24, 2020  By S.L. McInnis
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    The King’s Justice

    Susan Elia MacNeal

    "At the bottom of a deep pit, Maggie listened through the earpiece as she pressed a probe against the side of an unexploded bomb."

    February 24, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

    But he found a clever way to avoid punishment.

    February 21, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Last Passenger

    Charles Finch

    "The storm only gathered strength during the short trip to Paddington. Lenox felt keenly for poor William Elliott, the raw-faced young groom, just seventeen, who sat atop the box of the carriage with the reins and whip in hand."

    February 20, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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