• Mystery

    Bloody Genius

    John Sandford

    "Virgil spent the afternoon reviewing Trane’s work; the room was cool and damp and smelled like paper and floor wax."

    October 1, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Six Women Who Helped Define the Regency Era—And Our Conceptions of Modernity

    On Mary Shelley, Ada Lovelace, Jane Austen, and other strong-willed women from the early 19th century.

    September 30, 2019  By Andrea Penrose
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    CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of September

    The Month's Best CrimeReads Features

    September 30, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    Takes One to Know One

    Susan Isaacs

    "Last night I dreamt I went to Queens Boulevard again."

    September 30, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Magic of Maine's Thrillers

    Tess Gerritsen on America's Hotbed of Gothic Fiction

    September 24, 2019  By Tess Gerritsen
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    Remembering an Odd, Artful 'Requiem for the Detective Novel'

    In 1950, the Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt published a lost classic of crime fiction.

    September 24, 2019  By Gilly Macmillan
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    Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse

    "Most of Downing College, with the exception of the East Lodge, was built of an oolitic limestone known as Ketton stone."

    September 24, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    "In a Glass Darkly"

    Agatha Christie

    "I’ve no explanation of this story. I’ve no theories about the why and wherefore of it. It’s just a thing—that happened."

    September 20, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    A Crime Author Grapples With the Old Question: Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?

    Reed Farrel Coleman on "borrowing from the headlines" and continuing a beloved Robert B. Parker series.

    September 19, 2019  By Reed Farrel Coleman
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    Craig Johnson on the Enduring Popularity of Longmire and Its Deeply Human Characters

    Three years after the series wrap, Johnson is still crafting complex worlds for Walt Longmire—and readers are still connecting.

    September 18, 2019  By Scott Montgomery
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