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11 Crime Novels You Should Read This February

11 Crime Novels You Should Read This February

The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | February 5, 2021

25+ New Releases from Black Authors to Keep You Reading All Year Long

25+ New Releases from Black Authors to Keep You Reading All Year Long

From cozy mysteries to hardboiled crime to international thrillers to domestic suspense, the contributions of Black authors to crime fiction as as varied as the genre itself.

By CrimeReads | February 4, 2021

Zoë Lund and the Dialectical Method of <em>Bad Lieutenant</em>

Zoë Lund and the Dialectical Method of Bad Lieutenant

Lund's legacy as a writer is overshadowed by the heroin, her looks, and her collaborators. But a closer study of her writing methods reveals genius at work.

By Chris McGinley | February 4, 2021

The Killer Outside Me: Living Life In Close Proximity To A Bizarre Series of Accidents, Murders, and Tragedies

The Killer Outside Me: Living Life In Close Proximity To A Bizarre Series of Accidents, Murders, and Tragedies

Serial killers stalked the streets, neighbors snapped and did terrible things, and strangers dumped evidence of their crimes nearby. But overall, it's been an ordinary life.

By Tod Goldberg | February 3, 2021

They Tore Down John D. MacDonald's Old Florida Home to Build a Mansion and There's Nothing You or I or Travis McGee Can Do About It Now

They Tore Down John D. MacDonald's Old Florida Home to Build a Mansion and There's Nothing You or I or Travis McGee Can Do About It Now

A little piece of crime fiction legend, gone forever.

By Dwyer Murphy | February 1, 2021

January's Best International Crime Fiction

January's Best International Crime Fiction

Fashionistas in Ghana, old soldiers in Italy, and medical malfeasance in Denmark

By Molly Odintz | January 29, 2021

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It Takes a Village To Keep a Book In Print: A Chat with the Collins Crime Club

By CrimeReads | January 29, 2021

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder: A Roadside Killing and The Novel That Captured an Era

By Curtis Evans | January 27, 2021

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

By Thomas H. Carry | January 27, 2021

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

In 1965, a pair of radical bohemian journalists invented Scandinavian Noir and reimagined what crime fiction could do.

By Neil Nyren | January 22, 2021

The Long, Unusual Career of Russell James, the

The Long, Unusual Career of Russell James, the "Godfather of British Noir"

He didn't set out to write crime novels. Thirty years later, he still doesn't recognize any genre boundaries.

By Peter Handel | January 22, 2021

Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's <em>Strangers on a Train</em>, 70 Years Later

Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, 70 Years Later

The author of The Girl on the Train appreciates Highsmith's uniquely sickening vision of humanity.

By Paula Hawkins | January 20, 2021

Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

Shakespeare's villain, in all his treachery and complexity, still resonates, centuries later.

By Chris Harding Thornton | January 20, 2021

Patricia Highsmith and the Women Who Inspired Ripley

Patricia Highsmith and the Women Who Inspired Ripley

In 1950, Highsmith went to Positano with a glamorous, wealthy young Londoner. A year later, she traveled there again, with a new companion, at the tail end of a manic journey across Europe.

By Richard Bradford | January 19, 2021

What the Iconic Outfits in <em>Laura</em> Say About Feminism, Fashion, and Film Noir

What the Iconic Outfits in Laura Say About Feminism, Fashion, and Film Noir

A well-dressed Gene Tierney isn't a screen siren—she's a businesswoman, projecting confidence and power.

By Kimberley Truhler | January 13, 2021

The Literature of Children Who Raise Themselves and Demand Justice

The Literature of Children Who Raise Themselves and Demand Justice

"Children witness parental and social failure and compensate for them, survive, raise each other, raise themselves [and] try to understand..."

By Una Mannion | January 13, 2021

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