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5 Debut Novels You Should Read This November

5 Debut Novels You Should Read This November

The month's best debuts in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | November 20, 2020

Arthur Conan Doyle and the Mutineers

Arthur Conan Doyle and the Mutineers

After killing off Sherlock Holmes, why did Arthur Conan Doyle take a detour into true crime writing with the story of a bloody mutiny?

By Dean Jobb | November 20, 2020

My Mother, The Mystery Writer

My Mother, The Mystery Writer

Orania Papazoglou, aka Jane Haddam, was a complicated woman who wrote about complicated people.

By Matthew DeAndrea | November 18, 2020

The Classics of Miami Noir: Long on Beauty, Short on Rectitude

The Classics of Miami Noir: Long on Beauty, Short on Rectitude

Les Standiford explores the history of crime writing in Miami, from Zora Neale Hurston to Elmore Leonard and beyond.

By Les Standiford | November 17, 2020

Why Odd Couples and Opposites Make for Great Crime Fiction

Why Odd Couples and Opposites Make for Great Crime Fiction

What would Poirot do without Hastings and his consummate Englishness?

By S.M. Goodwin | November 17, 2020

Five Great Psychological Thrillers Set in Isolated Places

Five Great Psychological Thrillers Set in Isolated Places

Snowy mountain resorts, country estates, and abandoned hotels all help turn up the suspense.

By Claire Douglas | November 17, 2020

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By Elka Ray | November 17, 2020

C.J. Box on Big Sky, Big Twists, and Bringing a New Western Thriller to Montana

By Michael Barson | November 16, 2020

A Mysterious Pacific Northwest Road Trip

By Ellie Alexander | November 13, 2020

It's Time To Add Some Magic to Your Cozies

It's Time To Add Some Magic to Your Cozies

Indulging in the fanciful and adding in some magical realism is how a cat cozy can become a talking cat cozy.

By Jennifer J. Chow | November 13, 2020

The tortuous literary puzzle <em>Cain's Jawbone</em> has been solved for the first time since 1934

The tortuous literary puzzle Cain's Jawbone has been solved for the first time since 1934

Only three people have ever cracked it. The most recent sleuth did it during pandemic lockdown.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 11, 2020

Was Uncle Dino a Murderer?

Was Uncle Dino a Murderer?

Dino Taraporevala was a beloved family friend—until he murdered two elderly people in the street. Or did he?

By Nev March | November 11, 2020

You Don't Look Like a Private Investigator

You Don't Look Like a Private Investigator

How a breast cancer diagnosis took Elizabeth Breck from working as a private investigator to writing about one.

By Elizabeth Breck | November 11, 2020

In the Footprints of the Hound: Why <em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em> Still Haunts

In the Footprints of the Hound: Why The Hound of the Baskervilles Still Haunts

In Arthur Conan Doyle's most gothic-influenced novel, Sherlock Holmes confronts the ultimate foil to his own humanity and logic.

By James Lovegrove | November 10, 2020

Moonflower Murders

Moonflower Murders

Anthony Horowitz

By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 10, 2020

Women and Crime Writing: We’ve Always Been Detectives

Women and Crime Writing: We’ve Always Been Detectives

Psychological thrillers and true crime stories may be booming with women now, but it's part of a centuries-old trend.

By Emily Schultz | November 9, 2020

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