Crime Reads
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

    Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

    "[E]very word is fighting for space on the page and on the screen...I get in, I say what I need to, and I get out."

    By Jenny Bartoy | April 9, 2025

    Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

    Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

    "I can’t fathom writing a story that doesn’t have some romance element to it."

    By Molly Harper | April 8, 2025

    High Net Worth Victims: Why We Love our Murderees to be Filthy Rich

    High Net Worth Victims: Why We Love our Murderees to be Filthy Rich

    "Killing the rich—in literature at least—appears to come with a built-in motive, one that likely implicates us all."

    By Matt Plass | April 7, 2025

    Point of Origin: David Handler on Flashing Back to the Beginnings of Hoagy, Lulu & Friends

    Point of Origin: David Handler on Flashing Back to the Beginnings of Hoagy, Lulu & Friends

    The author discusses his latest mystery.

    By John B. Valeri | April 5, 2025

    Murder and “Mitteleuropa” in Agatha Christie

    Murder and “Mitteleuropa” in Agatha Christie

    A survey of Christie's characters hailing from Central Europe.

    By Naomi Kaye | April 4, 2025

    Queer Crime Writers Presents: LGBTQIA+ Spring Reads!

    Queer Crime Writers Presents: LGBTQIA+ Spring Reads!

    11 new and upcoming queer mysteries and thrillers to carry you through to summer

    By Queer Crime Writers | April 3, 2025

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
    • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
    • Queen of Lombard Street
    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
    • The Turning of Sally-Mae

    Hot Leads, Cold Truths: Reporter Sleuths Who Dig Too Deep

    By Olesya Lyuzna | April 1, 2025

    Women’s Rights and Women’s Wrongs: Darkly Feminist YA Books

    By Rachel Ekstrom Courage | March 31, 2025

    Gabino Iglesias: Let's Talk About Some Books

    By Gabino Iglesias | March 31, 2025

    There Is Only One Plot – Things Are Not As They Seem

    There Is Only One Plot – Things Are Not As They Seem

    Why the Jim Thompson adage still holds true and is the key to good storytelling.

    By C.B. Everett | March 28, 2025

    Kevin Wade on Five Novels and a Movie

    Kevin Wade on Five Novels and a Movie

    The 'Johnny Careless' author and 'Blue Bloods' showrunner reflects on some of his favorite mysteries.

    By Kevin Wade | March 28, 2025

    The Age of Discontentment: Tess Gerritsen on Senior Crime Solvers and Subverting Expectations

    The Age of Discontentment: Tess Gerritsen on Senior Crime Solvers and Subverting Expectations

    The author discusses the latest novel in her new series, The Martini Club.

    By John B. Valeri | March 26, 2025

    Mystery Fiction and the Multi-Level Marketing Scheme

    Mystery Fiction and the Multi-Level Marketing Scheme

    MLMs are now a staple of American culture. And they've inspired some really good books, too.

    By S.K. Golden | March 24, 2025

    Four Mystery Novels That Explore Legacy

    Four Mystery Novels That Explore Legacy

    On the power of crime fiction in "examining the world of legacy and what we leave in our wake"

    By Benjamin Bradley | March 21, 2025

    Detections and Digressions: <br>A Close Reading of P.D. James’ <em>Devices and Desires</em>

    Detections and Digressions:
    A Close Reading of P.D. James’ Devices and Desires

    James set out to capture British society more broadly than her predecessors, yet her novels had more in common with the Golden Age than she ever cared to admit

    By Curtis Evans | March 20, 2025

    Golden Age Detectives in Love

    Golden Age Detectives in Love

    Celebrating the love lives of Lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, Roderick Alleyn, Albert Campion, and more.

    By Rosanne Limoncelli | March 20, 2025

    « First‹ Previous353637383940414243Next ›Last »
    Page 39 of 155
  • Support Us!

  • Popular Posts

    • Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated ThrillersOctober 14, 2026
      0
    • 2.
      Adrian Van Young on Growing Up in the Metal Scene and Finding His Way to Crime FictionOctober 13, 2026 by Adrian Van Young
      0
    • 3.
      The Most Anticipated Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of Fall 2026September 11, 2026 by Molly Odintz
      0
    • 4.
      10 New Books Coming Out This WeekAugust 3, 2026 by CrimeReads
      0
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member