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    The Long, Proud Tradition of Jazz-Infused Crime Novels

    The Long, Proud Tradition of Jazz-Infused Crime Novels

    From the beginning, noir and jazz have gone hand-in-hand.

    By Alex Segura | September 9, 2019

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of September 2019

    Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of September 2019

    The best thrillers, noir, and true crime docs arriving this month.

    By Camille LeBlanc | September 6, 2019

    Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue

    Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue

    On the most essential, often overlooked, element of the genre

    By A.B. Jewell | September 4, 2019

    Visiting The Hamptons (Through Crime Fiction)

    Visiting The Hamptons (Through Crime Fiction)

    New York's summer retreat is more than pristine beaches and seaside cottages—it's also a good setting for crime novels.

    By Paul French | September 4, 2019

    10 New Books You Should Read This September

    10 New Books You Should Read This September

    The Month's Best in Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

    By CrimeReads | September 3, 2019

    Reckoning with Addiction in Crime Fiction

    Reckoning with Addiction in Crime Fiction

    Crime novels are the best space to understand the emotional truths of addiction and sobriety.

    By Casey Barrett | August 30, 2019

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected
    • The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
    • The Telephone: A New History
    • No Such Thing as Monday
    • O Now!
    • Don't Stop Snowing
    • The Key Biscayne Affair
    • Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
    • Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
    • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

    The Month's Best Book Covers: August

    By CrimeReads | August 30, 2019

    Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of August

    By CrimeReads | August 30, 2019

    A Brief History of Academic Mysteries, Campus Thrillers, and Research Noir

    By Molly Odintz | August 29, 2019

    Lisa Lutz on Creating Iconic Female Protagonists

    Lisa Lutz on Creating Iconic Female Protagonists

    "When I write women I’m thinking about what I want to put out in the universe."

    By Olivia Rutigliano | August 29, 2019

    How Jean-Patrick Manchette Revolutionized the Left-Wing Thriller

    How Jean-Patrick Manchette Revolutionized the Left-Wing Thriller

    On Nada, the noir classic that captured an era of political chaos in Europe.

    By Luc Sante | August 27, 2019

    Rex Stout: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Rex Stout: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and a Crime Fiction Legend

    By Neil Nyren | August 23, 2019

    Now Streaming in Crime: August

    Now Streaming in Crime: August

    Your Guide to the Best Noir, Mystery, and Thrillers Now Streaming

    By Camille LeBlanc | August 23, 2019

    1970s Crime Fiction <br>and The Incredible Rise of 'Regional' Noir

    1970s Crime Fiction
    and The Incredible Rise of 'Regional' Noir

    In the 1970s and 80s, Boston, Seattle, Detroit, and other regional cities became the new capitals of crime fiction.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | August 22, 2019

    August's Best International Crime Fiction

    August's Best International Crime Fiction

    Italian scandals, French octogenarians, and Japanese metafiction.

    By CrimeReads | August 22, 2019

    Curing Homesickness with Crime Fiction

    Curing Homesickness with Crime Fiction

    Crime fiction can take us outside ourselves—and in resolution, return us home.

    By Elka Ray | August 21, 2019

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