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    The Existential Noirs of Fuminori Nakamura

    The Existential Noirs of Fuminori Nakamura

    The Japanese author is winning international acclaim for his stripped-down, psychologically complex fiction.

    By David Masciotra | January 24, 2022

    Research Station Noir: Crime Fiction in Antarctica

    Research Station Noir: Crime Fiction in Antarctica

    "Crime and the City" visits a vast, frozen land full of competitive researchers cut off from civilization.

    By Paul French | January 10, 2022

    Big Trouble in the “93”: Olivier Norek’s Banlieue Trilogy

    Big Trouble in the “93”: Olivier Norek’s Banlieue Trilogy

    A former French cop—and a writer on the hit series "Spiral"—is taking French crime fiction in a new direction.

    By Paul French | December 22, 2021

    How to Travel the World With Great Books:

    How to Travel the World With Great Books: "Crime and the City" Turns 100

    With the 100th edition of "Crime and the City," Paul French looks back at the great literary cultures, mystery islands, and mean streets visited along the way.

    By Dwyer Murphy | December 17, 2021

    The Best International Crime Novels of 2021

    The Best International Crime Novels of 2021

    Korean thrillers, Cuban noir, and French mysteries. We're rounding up the year's best international fiction.

    By Molly Odintz | December 16, 2021

    The Best Espionage Novels of 2021

    The Best Espionage Novels of 2021

    Perfume thieves, Silicon Valley spies, and Cold War slow-burns. We're looking back at the year in spy fiction.

    By CrimeReads | December 15, 2021

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    • Will and Attention: A Memoir
    • The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence
    • Luna, Phoenix, Queen
    • Music Against the Night
    • Peck & Peck
    • The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East
    • The End of Everything
    • Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science
    • American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs
    • Solace House

    An Interview With the Translators of Keigo Higashino's Crime Novels

    By Hector DeJean | December 13, 2021

    Winter Water

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 10, 2021

    The New Generation of African Crime Writers

    By Joanne Hichens | December 8, 2021

    The Lure of a Real-World Setting for a Mystery Novelist

    The Lure of a Real-World Setting for a Mystery Novelist

    Sometimes, a place cries out to you, asking you to make it the setting of a story. RV Raman writes about how a remote resort in Central India supplied the setting for his second mystery.

    By RV Raman | December 8, 2021

    November's Best New International Crime Fiction

    November's Best New International Crime Fiction

    A French speculative thriller, a gritty Colombian noir, and so many Scandinavian suspense novels...

    By Molly Odintz | November 11, 2021

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? November 2021

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? November 2021

    Brand new Korean thrillers and not so new but still very worthwhile Gabriel Byrne slow-burns.

    By Dwyer Murphy | November 5, 2021

    A Crime Novelist's Mea Culpa

    A Crime Novelist's Mea Culpa

    "I confess that in my novel there is a beautiful corpse, and that she is female. I may have chosen not to creepily linger on the details of her body as she lays on the slab at the morgue, but she is still there."

    By Eloísa Díaz | November 2, 2021

    Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

    Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

    An African capital with turbulent politics and an impressive literary output.

    By Paul French | November 1, 2021

    October's Best International Crime Fiction

    October's Best International Crime Fiction

    Nordic noir, French gothic, and a South Korean thriller

    By CrimeReads | October 26, 2021

    Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes?

    Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes?

    When it comes to crime fiction set in Switzerland, it's all about secrecy.

    By Paul French | October 4, 2021

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