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March's Best Debut Novels

March's Best Debut Novels

9 Debut Crime and Mystery Novels to Check Out This Month (Possibly While Stuck Inside)

By CrimeReads | March 17, 2020

After Me Comes the Flood

After Me Comes the Flood

Sarah Perry

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 17, 2020

Away With the Fairies

Away With the Fairies

How an old family legend and the story of a haunted cottage taught me a healthy respect for the supernatural.

By Carlene O'Connor | March 16, 2020

The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles

The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles

34 novels every lover of LA Noir should read as soon as humanly possible.

By Katie Orphan | March 11, 2020

The Poison Pen Letter: The Early 20th Century's Strangest Crime Wave

The Poison Pen Letter: The Early 20th Century's Strangest Crime Wave

Across America and Europe, people couldn't stop writing nasty letters. Soon the courts were overwhelmed with epistolary assaults.

By Curtis Evans | March 10, 2020

Crime and the City: Saigon

Crime and the City: Saigon

In the long shadow of Graham Greene's The Quiet American, a city's crime fiction scene thrives.

By Paul French | March 9, 2020

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Books of the Week

How Do You Write a Mystery When Every Plot Is Taken?

By Tessa Wegert | March 9, 2020

Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

By Peter Swanson | March 6, 2020

The 19 Best Crime-Solving Writers in Fiction, Ranked

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 5, 2020

In 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle Took Dictation for His Dying Friend's Mystery Novel

In 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle Took Dictation for His Dying Friend's Mystery Novel

Grant Allen was a bestselling science writer, almost done with his serial Hilda Wade when he fell ill

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 4, 2020

Fact, Fiction, and a DNA Surprise

Fact, Fiction, and a DNA Surprise

I usually take my plot ideas from real life headlines—but when a DNA test yielded an unexpected result, I decided to make my latest novel personal.

By Betty Webb | March 4, 2020

She Lover of Death

She Lover of Death

Boris Akunin

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 3, 2020

Joanne Fluke Has Some Recipes to Die For

Joanne Fluke Has Some Recipes to Die For

Time to get baking with these criminally delicious recipes from the Hannah Swensen mystery series.

By Joanne Fluke | February 28, 2020

The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre

The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre

The use—and misuse—of mental health disorders in crime fiction.

By Peter Swanson | February 25, 2020

Pretty as a Picture

Pretty as a Picture

Elizabeth Little

By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 25, 2020

Bullying Has Always Been Bad. Social Media Makes It Worse.

Bullying Has Always Been Bad. Social Media Makes It Worse.

An Icelandic crime writer reflects on the changing nature of bullying, now one of society's greatest ills.

By Yrsa Sigurdardottir | February 24, 2020

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