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The Best Books of the Year (So Far): Crime Fiction in 2021

CrimeReads editors select their favorite thrillers, mysteries, and crime novels of the year.

The Shadow Was Pulp Fiction's Original Pop Culture Phenomenon. Now, He's Mostly Forgotten. What Happened?

Before Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, and Philip Marlowe, there was the crime-fighter who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men.

The Art of Balancing Multiple Mystery Series

J.A. Jance moves from one long-running series to another, and it turns out the characters sometimes have minds of their own.

Female Public Defenders Are Unsung Heroines. It Is Long Past Time to Change That.

"The few times that court-appointed advocates for the indigent and despised are portrayed as heroes, they are almost always men."

The Search for China's Serial Killers

Reliable figures are hard to come by, but recent arrests indicate that China has an unknown number of American-style serial killers.

To Tap Into The Gender Politics of My 1970s and 80s Childhood, I Turned To Playthings

"It was toys that brought home how frighteningly recent the still shaky notion of gender equality is in our country."

Six Novels Featuring Adoptions Gone Awry

An adoption is full of stories. And literature is full of adoptions.

For One Author, the 2011 Terror Attack on Norway Changed Everything. But Could He Write It Into Fiction?

Grief, violence, and the writer's responsibility in the aftermath

Writing About the Russian Mob: The Brutal and the Absurd

An author reflects on a sprawling international criminal outfit.

The Crime Books of Malta

At the center of the Mediterranean, a small island nation reckons with invasion, corruption, and organized crime.

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CrimeReads editors select their favorite thrillers, mysteries, and crime novels of the year.

Before Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, and Philip Marlowe, there was the crime-fighter who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men.

J.A. Jance moves from one long-running series to another, and it turns out the characters sometimes have minds of their own.

"The few times that court-appointed advocates for the indigent and despised are portrayed as heroes, they are almost always men."

Reliable figures are hard to come by, but recent arrests indicate that China has an unknown number of American-style serial killers.

"It was toys that brought home how frighteningly recent the still shaky notion of gender equality is in our country."

An adoption is full of stories. And literature is full of adoptions.

Grief, violence, and the writer's responsibility in the aftermath

An author reflects on a sprawling international criminal outfit.

At the center of the Mediterranean, a small island nation reckons with invasion, corruption, and organized crime.

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