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Seattle: Primed and Ready for Crime Fiction Fame

Seattle: Primed and Ready for Crime Fiction Fame

Exploring the city's history and character, through crime novels

By J. Kingston Pierce | March 27, 2020

The Dark, Strange Noirs of Pascal Garnier

The Dark, Strange Noirs of Pascal Garnier

Exploring the disorienting, unsettling novels of a French master.

By Brian Greene | March 27, 2020

The Evolution—and the Future—of the Private Eye

The Evolution—and the Future—of the Private Eye

Cheryl A. Head on the authors and books ushering PI fiction into the 21st century.

By Cheryl A. Head | March 26, 2020

The Girl in the Title of the Crime Novel: The Great Crime Fiction Disambiguation Project

The Girl in the Title of the Crime Novel: The Great Crime Fiction Disambiguation Project

How did we end up with so many books with "girl" in the title? (Slowly, then all at once.)

By Lisa Levy | March 26, 2020

14 Enormous Crime Books for the Long Days Ahead

14 Enormous Crime Books for the Long Days Ahead

For a Grand Total of 9,335 Pages

By Molly Odintz | March 25, 2020

A Sense of Dread Is the Key to Dark Fiction—These Five Women Authors Have Mastered It

A Sense of Dread Is the Key to Dark Fiction—These Five Women Authors Have Mastered It

Five short stories that conjure up an immediate and inescapable feeling that something bad is about to happen.

By Rachel Harrison | March 24, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Crime Novels of Bogotá

By Paul French | March 23, 2020

Why Journalists Have Such a Hard Time Writing About Themselves

By Christi Daugherty | March 23, 2020

8 Books About Male Protagonists by Female Authors

By Scarlett Harris | March 20, 2020

5 International Crime Novels to Read This March

5 International Crime Novels to Read This March

Travel the world with these far-flung mysteries....

By CrimeReads | March 19, 2020

Graphic Content: At the Intersection of Comics and Crime With Howard Chaykin

Graphic Content: At the Intersection of Comics and Crime With Howard Chaykin

Alex Segura profiles legendary comic book creators

By Alex Segura | March 19, 2020

Harlan Coben Believes <em>Planet of the Apes</em> Is the Best Twist Ending in History

Harlan Coben Believes Planet of the Apes Is the Best Twist Ending in History

And other thoughts from the bestselling author.

By CrimeReads | March 19, 2020

March's Best Debut Novels

March's Best Debut Novels

9 Debut Crime and Mystery Novels to Check Out This Month (Possibly While Stuck Inside)

By CrimeReads | March 17, 2020

Why Robert Stone Went to Saigon—And Came Back With <em>Dog Soldiers</em>

Why Robert Stone Went to Saigon—And Came Back With Dog Soldiers

The dark journey of a classic novel of moral outrage.

By Madison Smartt Bell | March 17, 2020

On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

In writing a crime novel, I took inspiration from my activist forbears and their epic confrontations with the robber barons of timber.

By melissaannpeterson2 | March 16, 2020

Caroline Kepnes and Ani Katz on Using Fiction to Dissect Toxic Masculinity

Caroline Kepnes and Ani Katz on Using Fiction to Dissect Toxic Masculinity

Authors discuss misogyny, violence, and gendered expectations.

By Caroline Kepnes & Ani Katz | March 13, 2020

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