• Mystery

    The House on Vesper Sands

    Paraic O’Donnell

    "In Half Moon Street, just as she came near to the house, Esther Tull felt the first gentleness of the snow."

    July 15, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    How I Stopped Worrying About the Rules and Learned to Write a Mystery Novel

    Workshops, an MFA, and a pair of literary novels couldn't prepare him for the intricate workings of noir, so he turned to the masters.

    July 14, 2020  By Sung J. Woo
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    Safe as Houses: The "Property-Porn Thriller" Is Here to Stay

    In this property-obsessed age, why are houses such a source of fictional terror?

    July 14, 2020  By Anna Downes
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    Rethinking the Meaning of "Border Noir"

    "Borders, like crime novels, let people be in many places at once: the familiar, the unfamiliar and the space between the two."

    July 14, 2020  By Alex Gilly
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    10 New Books Coming Out
    This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    July 13, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Finally, A New Children's Book About Agatha Christie

    An exciting find in a children's book landscape that rarely celebrates the heroines of genre fiction.

    July 10, 2020  By Radha Vatsal
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    The Missing Link Between Golden Age Detectives, Hardboiled Noir, and Hallucinogenic Adventure

    Diving into the world of Joel Townsley Rogers's The Red Right Hand

    July 10, 2020  By Joe R. Lansdale
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    Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!

    Yes, the historic architecture is appealing and the price is right, but the blood oozing out of the wall is a deal breaker...

    July 9, 2020  By Riley Sager
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    Of Mutts and Men

    Spencer Quinn

    "Hands up where we can see them is one of our best techniques."

    July 9, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction

    "The first well-drawn, fully-developed queer women characters I ever encountered were in the pages of crime fiction."

    July 8, 2020  By Kristen Lepionka
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