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5 International Crime Novels You Should Read This April
(Mentally) Escape Quarantine With These 5 Crime Books Perfect for the Armchair Traveler
By
Molly Odintz
| April 22, 2020
Why True Stories Don’t Always
Make Good Fiction
His prison stories were visceral and true. But did they make for compelling fiction?
By
David Moloney
| April 22, 2020
The Most Toxic Friendships in Crime Fiction
Cheaters, liars, killers, and other best friends.
By
Lisa Levy
| April 20, 2020
Bosch Is Back—And He's Still the Prickly Bastard You Want Showing Up at a Crime Scene
Six seasons in,
Bosch
may just be TV's best police procedural.
By
Keith Roysdon
| April 17, 2020
Carter Brown and the Australian Craze for Faux American Crime Fiction
In 1950s Australia, one author—writing books about detectives and cities he'd never visited—gave birth to a phenomenon.
By
Andrew Nette
| April 17, 2020
The Women Who Edited Crime Fiction
For decades, four women were at the center of the mystery world. They built careers, discovered legends, and shaped a genre.
By
Sarah Weinman
| April 16, 2020
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Seven Fictional Con Artists and the Communities They Swindled
By
Steven Wright
| April 14, 2020
The New Wave of California Crime Fiction
By
Sara Sligar
| April 13, 2020
10 of the Greatest Con Artist Movies of All-Time
By
Dean Jobb
| April 10, 2020
The 12 Darkest Endings in the History of Noir Fiction
Noir is known for bleakness and despair. These 12 books outdo them all.
By
Zach Vasquez
| April 10, 2020
Elmore Leonard, Florida Man
The wild crimes and strange characters that inspired a legendary author to reinvent himself and his work in true Florida style.
By
Craig Pittman
| April 9, 2020
Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman Talk Noir, Scandals, and Pulpy Cover Art
But they still don't tell us if snakes are necessary.
By
CrimeReads
| April 9, 2020
5 Great Crime Novels Bringing Multicultural Heroes and Representation to Mystery
Searching for diversity in crime fiction.
By
Elle Marr
| April 8, 2020
Columbus, Ohio: From Cowtown to Crimetown
Why the U.S.'s 14th largest city is the next center for crime writing.
By
Andrew Welsh-Huggins
| April 8, 2020
Don Winslow's Return to California Noir
The author discusses socially-engaged crime fiction, surf stories, breakfast burritos, and returning to life on the coast.
By
Dwyer Murphy
| April 7, 2020
Ishmael Reed’s Hoodoo Detective
The 1972 cult crime novel that explores Black identity, African religion, civilizations at war, and all of recorded history.
By
Scott Adlerberg
| April 6, 2020
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