A Tale of Two Sex Worker <br>Heist Stories

A Tale of Two Sex Worker
Heist Stories

Aya de Leon on Hustlers, social justice, and the complicated intersection of feminism and crime.

By Aya de Leon | November 21, 2019

Europe Is Obsessed With These Crime Series—You Will Be, Too

Europe Is Obsessed With These Crime Series—You Will Be, Too

A look at the best crime TV shows Europeans are watching now.

By Paul French | November 21, 2019

Guilty, Not Guilty

Guilty, Not Guilty

Felix Francis

By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 20, 2019

Tinker, Tailor, Wizard, Spy: The Joys (and Dangers) of Blending Genre Elements

Tinker, Tailor, Wizard, Spy: The Joys (and Dangers) of Blending Genre Elements

“Forget it, Frodo. It’s Mordor.”

By W. L. Goodwater | November 19, 2019

The Second Sleep

The Second Sleep

Robert Harris

By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 19, 2019

New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

New Delhi: Crime Books in the Indian Capital

A major world city produces a major haul of crime fiction.

By Paul French | November 18, 2019

Best Reviewed
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  • Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected
  • The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
  • The Telephone: A New History
  • No Such Thing as Monday
  • O Now!
  • Don't Stop Snowing
  • The Key Biscayne Affair
  • Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
  • Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
  • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

The Playboy and the Publisher: A Murder Story

By Curtis Evans | November 14, 2019

Victorian Mystery Novels Set Around the World—Yes, That's Right, Outside England

By Will Thomas | November 14, 2019

A Noël Killing

By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 14, 2019

Martha Grimes Has Plenty of Style

Martha Grimes Has Plenty of Style

The author of the acclaimed Richard Jury series on craft, human kindness, and our changing world.

By Molly Odintz | November 11, 2019

<em>Motherless Brooklyn</em> Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

Motherless Brooklyn Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

A postmodern '90s novel becomes a '50s noir.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 8, 2019

<em>Miss Sherlock</em> is the Smartest, Most Intuitive Sherlock Holmes Adaptation We've Seen in a While

Miss Sherlock is the Smartest, Most Intuitive Sherlock Holmes Adaptation We've Seen in a While

On Japan's female-led Sherlock Holmes reboot and how it understands its characters while transforming them.

By Radha Vatsal | November 7, 2019

26 Years Later, Nicholas Meyer Is Returning to Sherlock Holmes. Why Now?

26 Years Later, Nicholas Meyer Is Returning to Sherlock Holmes. Why Now?

The legendary author and director sets Sherlock Holmes on the trail of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.'

By Adam Langer | November 6, 2019

Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders

Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders

Tessa Arlen

By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 5, 2019

Atmospheric Pressure: <br><em>The Big Sleep</em> at Eighty

Atmospheric Pressure:
The Big Sleep at Eighty

80 years ago, Raymond Chandler reinvented crime fiction with a novel that valued atmosphere—and style—above all else.

By Janet Roger | November 1, 2019

Living Your Life One Sherlock Holmes Quote at a Time

Living Your Life One Sherlock Holmes Quote at a Time

A week in November, according to Arthur Conan Doyle

By Arthur Conan Doyle | November 1, 2019

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