When Reality Is Too Strange To Make It Into Your Novel

When Reality Is Too Strange To Make It Into Your Novel

"You can't make this up": Anne Emery on the bizarre coincidences behind her latest historical mystery.

By Anne Emery | November 4, 2021

A Celebration of Sleuth-Mothers

A Celebration of Sleuth-Mothers

"Society often overlooks and even erases women caring for children...allow[ing] the sleuth-mother to observe and investigate in the shadows."

By Raquel V. Reyes | November 3, 2021

Ben and Stella Dickson: From Outlaws to Folk Heroes

Ben and Stella Dickson: From Outlaws to Folk Heroes

Bonnie and Clyde weren't the only couple robbing banks and capturing hearts in the 1930s.

By Dietrich Kalteis | November 3, 2021

6 Great Books Featuring Father-Daughter Relationships

6 Great Books Featuring Father-Daughter Relationships

Fictional families can be messy and twisted, but these books are dedicated to exploring complex and tender relationships over the destructive and perverse.

By Kimi Cunningham Grant | November 3, 2021

Masterful Mysteries Set in the Midwest

Masterful Mysteries Set in the Midwest

Crime fiction in America's Heartland

By Nicole Baart | November 2, 2021

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

An African capital with turbulent politics and an impressive literary output.

By Paul French | November 1, 2021

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How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

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Redemption for Doctor Watson

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Shop Talk: Michael Koryta Writes 1500 Words and Gets to Ring the Bell

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The Best New Books Out in Paperback This Month

The Best New Books Out in Paperback This Month

Featuring new paperback releases from Marie Benedict, Aimee Molloy, Harlan Coben, Val McDermid, Stuart Neville, and many more.

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October's Best International Crime Fiction

October's Best International Crime Fiction

Nordic noir, French gothic, and a South Korean thriller

By CrimeReads | October 26, 2021

How to Have Sex in Crime Fiction

How to Have Sex in Crime Fiction

Amita Murray on pleasure, power, and the women having sex in Agatha Christie novels.

By Amita Murray | October 26, 2021

The Crime Novels of Frankfurt

The Crime Novels of Frankfurt

Germany's fifth largest city has a bad rap for being boring. Behind all those book fairs and convention centers, there's a mystery.

By Paul French | October 25, 2021

The Detection Club and the Mid-Century Fight over “Fair Play” in Crime Fiction

The Detection Club and the Mid-Century Fight over “Fair Play” in Crime Fiction

While the club clung to pure detection as a prerequisite for admission, members' own tastes were far more divided.

By Curtis Evans | October 22, 2021

Scary, Spooky, and Sleuth-y: A List of Crime Books Set On or Around Halloween

Scary, Spooky, and Sleuth-y: A List of Crime Books Set On or Around Halloween

Tara Laskowski recommends plenty of Halloween-themed crime stories to read this October

By Tara Laskowski | October 21, 2021

Murder in the Stacks: Mysteries That Take Place In Bookstores

Murder in the Stacks: Mysteries That Take Place In Bookstores

Browse the shelves from the comforts of home in these book business-related crime novels.

By Elizabeth Penney | October 20, 2021

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