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‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

By Christopher Fowler | January 11, 2021

All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

What's more suspenseful than waiting on a letter from someone with a story to tell?

By Amy Stewart | January 11, 2021

A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators

A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators

In the late Sixties everyone wanted to create a TV detective. But how to make your fictional sleuth stand apart?

By Keith Roysdon | January 8, 2021

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

By Craig Pittman | January 8, 2021

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021

89 mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels to get you through the year.

By Molly Odintz | January 7, 2021

PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

By Kim Green | January 6, 2021

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10 Novels You Should Read This January

By CrimeReads | January 5, 2021

Passing Noir: Nine Novels That Explore Secrecy and Deception in Racial Identity

By Zach Vasquez | January 5, 2021

Revisiting The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle's Rollicking Adventure Novel

By John Lellenberg | January 5, 2021

The Russian Pink

The Russian Pink

Matthew Hart

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 30, 2020

The Best Loved Detective Agencies in Fiction

The Best Loved Detective Agencies in Fiction

An author revisits her all-time favorite (fictional) private detective agencies.

By T.A. Willberg | December 29, 2020

The Best Traditional Mysteries of 2020

The Best Traditional Mysteries of 2020

Golden Age settings, intricate puzzlers, and metafiction galore!

By CrimeReads | December 23, 2020

The Night Jacqueline Winspear Helped Her Father Steal a Christmas Tree

The Night Jacqueline Winspear Helped Her Father Steal a Christmas Tree

A most wholesome crime

By Jacqueline Winspear | December 23, 2020

Open House

Open House

Katie Sise

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 23, 2020

Serpentine

Serpentine

Jonathan Kellerman

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 22, 2020

The Lost Art of the

The Lost Art of the "Cast of Characters" Lists That Opened Midcentury Mystery Novels

Wordplay, witty insults, and the occasionally lurid remark rounded out a popular feature of paperback crime novels.

By J. Kingston Pierce | December 15, 2020

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