Passing Noir: Nine Novels That Explore Secrecy and Deception in Racial Identity

Passing Noir: Nine Novels That Explore Secrecy and Deception in Racial Identity

Race, identity, and secrecy intersect in these powerful novels.

By Zach Vasquez | January 5, 2021

Revisiting <em>The Lost World</em>, Arthur Conan Doyle's Rollicking Adventure Novel

Revisiting The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle's Rollicking Adventure Novel

Inspired by H. Rider Haggard and Jules Verne, Sherlock Holmes' creator was also a pioneering science fiction writer.

By John Lellenberg | January 5, 2021

The Russian Pink

The Russian Pink

Matthew Hart

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 30, 2020

The Best Loved Detective Agencies in Fiction

The Best Loved Detective Agencies in Fiction

An author revisits her all-time favorite (fictional) private detective agencies.

By T.A. Willberg | December 29, 2020

The Best Traditional Mysteries of 2020

The Best Traditional Mysteries of 2020

Golden Age settings, intricate puzzlers, and metafiction galore!

By CrimeReads | December 23, 2020

The Night Jacqueline Winspear Helped Her Father Steal a Christmas Tree

The Night Jacqueline Winspear Helped Her Father Steal a Christmas Tree

A most wholesome crime

By Jacqueline Winspear | December 23, 2020

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The Lost Art of the "Cast of Characters" Lists That Opened Midcentury Mystery Novels

By J. Kingston Pierce | December 15, 2020

How Many of the Greatest Crime Books of All-Time Have You Read? (Wait, Which Books?)

How Many of the Greatest Crime Books of All-Time Have You Read? (Wait, Which Books?)

Spelunking the must-read lists for crime, and checking them twice

By Gray Basnight | December 15, 2020

The Girl Detective Disappears: On Searching for Nancy Drew, and Finding Myself

The Girl Detective Disappears: On Searching for Nancy Drew, and Finding Myself

Nancy Drew has always been a liminal figure, caught between girl and woman, masculine and feminine, traditional and modern...

By Bethany Kaylor | December 14, 2020

The Vigilantes of the Oppressed

The Vigilantes of the Oppressed

Move over, Batman: there's a new wave of justice-seekers in town.

By Molly Odintz | December 9, 2020

Crime by Committee: 8 Novels Featuring Group Misdeeds

Crime by Committee: 8 Novels Featuring Group Misdeeds

Why we’re forever entranced by co-conspirators

By Kia Abdullah | December 8, 2020

In Praise of Second Chances

In Praise of Second Chances

On learning, late in life, to give things a second look (and take people as they are).

By Jane Cleland | December 8, 2020

The Surprisingly Dark History of Gingerbread

The Surprisingly Dark History of Gingerbread

Long before it became a holiday treat, gingerbread was a royal favorite, a token of fertility, and a tool for witches to exact their vengeance.

By Maya Corrigan | December 7, 2020

Janet Evanovich Talks Craft, Art, and Selfhood

Janet Evanovich Talks Craft, Art, and Selfhood

Catching up with the creator of Stephanie Plum

By Molly Odintz | December 7, 2020

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