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Writing Queer Icons into Crime

Writing Queer Icons into Crime

A Roundtable Discussion with the Contributors to the new anthology, "Crime Ink: Iconic"

By John Copenhaver | September 4, 2025

Marriage in the Gilded Age

Marriage in the Gilded Age

A Look at the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly

By Alyssa Maxwell | September 4, 2025

7 Novels Set During Times of Great Political Upheaval

7 Novels Set During Times of Great Political Upheaval

These books "capture the terror and resilience of those caught in history’s undertow, where survival is an act of defiance."

By Daphne Fama | August 29, 2025

Adultery, Embezzlement, Murder: A Short List of the Royal Family's Crimes and Scandals

Adultery, Embezzlement, Murder: A Short List of the Royal Family's Crimes and Scandals

Darcie Wilde Offers Up Monarchical Shenanigans from George III to (the Not-So-Prudish) Queen Victoria

By Darcie Wilde | August 28, 2025

Cloisters and Ciphers: What Medieval Monks and the CIA Have in Common

Cloisters and Ciphers: What Medieval Monks and the CIA Have in Common

"This is not just a coincidence of history. It is a profession that has worn many uniforms."

By Hayley Gelfuso | August 27, 2025

10 New Books Out This Week

10 New Books Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | August 25, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Old Man and the Gun is a Happy Memory

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 22, 2025

Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Quentin Tarantino Movie

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 20, 2025

On the many connections between the performing arts and organized crime

By Morgan Richter | August 20, 2025

Scalpel and Shadow: Eight Historical Thrillers with Macabre Medical Themes

Scalpel and Shadow: Eight Historical Thrillers with Macabre Medical Themes

Tonya Mitchell Recommends Books with Dreadful Diagnoses by A. Rae Dunlap, Noel O’Reilly, and Others

By Tonya Mitchell | August 19, 2025

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Genre, and Writing an Experimental Mystery Novel

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Genre, and Writing an Experimental Mystery Novel

Matthew Turbeville Chats with the Prolific Author about Her New Book "Fox" and More

By Matthew Coleman Turbeville | August 7, 2025

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

Joshua Sharpe on the Initial Horror and Immediate Aftermath of the 1985 Georgia Church Murders

By Joshua Sharpe | August 6, 2025

"Any good story is a mystery": Rhys Bowen on Creating Tension in Historical Fiction

Letting Readers Search for the Narrative Body That May or May Not Be There

By Rhys Bowen | August 6, 2025

The JFK Assassination: An Enduring American Mystery

The JFK Assassination: An Enduring American Mystery

Terrence McCauley on conspiracy, memory, and a tragic event's distinct hold on the American imagination.

By Terrence McCauley | July 17, 2025

Your Queer Crime Summer Reading List

Your Queer Crime Summer Reading List

Check out these novels "if you’d like to imagine a better, more just world and enjoy some phenomenal queer mysteries in the process"

By Katharine Schellman | July 9, 2025

Elly Griffiths on Victorian London, Time Travel, and Her New Mystery, 'The Frozen People'

Elly Griffiths on Victorian London, Time Travel, and Her New Mystery, 'The Frozen People'

A wide-ranging conversation with the bestselling author.

By Alex Dueben | July 9, 2025

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