• Historical

    A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder

    Dianne Freeman

    "Murdered? I snatched the newspaper from Hetty’s hands and spread it on my lap."

    June 25, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Federal Government's
    War On Margarine

    Big Butter smear campaigns, margarine criminals, and the long history of pseudo-dairy discrimination.

    June 10, 2019  By Mike Chase
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    The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth

    Leonard Goldberg

    "We did not make good time, for traffic was heavy and sections of the streets remained flooded with last evening’s torrential downpour."

    June 10, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    Jacques Futrelle, edited by Graeme Davis

    "She drew off her left glove, a delicate, crinkled suede affair, and offered her bare hand to the surgeon."

    June 7, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The History of Queer True Crime and the Legacy of Tom Ripley

    Queerness in crime fiction, and the long history of real crimes against gay men

    June 5, 2019  By James Polchin
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    Like This Afternoon Forever

    Jaime Manrique

    "The journey by bus from Facatativá to Palos de la Quebrada took over twenty-four hours, traveling on dusty roads. Ignacio had to change buses twice and noticed that the passengers on each bus eyed one another suspiciously."

    June 5, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    June's Best New Crime Novels and Thrillers

    11 Essential Books from the World of Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

    June 4, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    Cold War Crime Fiction, Then and Now

    On The Classic & Contemporary Spy Novels Defining (and Redefining) an Era of Espionage

    June 4, 2019  By Timothy Jay Smith
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    The Many Mysteries of Oxford

    A University Town Inspires a Booming Crime Fiction Scene

    June 3, 2019  By Paul French
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    The Million Dollar Princess and the Murder Mystery

    American Heiresses + British Aristocrats = Recipe for Murder

    June 3, 2019  By Clara McKenna
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