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The Best Debut Crime Novels of 2025

The Best Debut Crime Novels of 2025

Missing persons, friendly fire, clever criminals, and academic shenanigans

By Molly Odintz | December 9, 2025

Fun City Heist

Fun City Heist

Michael Kardos

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 8, 2025

The Past, Present, and Future of African Crime Writing: A Roundtable Discussion

The Past, Present, and Future of African Crime Writing: A Roundtable Discussion

Leye Adenle, Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki, Iris Mwanza, Mike Nikol, and Michael Sears talk all things crime fiction in Africa

By CrimeReads | December 8, 2025

Queer Crime Writers Presents: 10 New LGBTQIA+ Crime Novels to Check Out This Winter

Queer Crime Writers Presents: 10 New LGBTQIA+ Crime Novels to Check Out This Winter

10 recently released queer mysteries and thrillers to keep you reading till spring

By Queer Crime Writers | December 5, 2025

Why ‘Blackhat,’ Michael Mann’s Hacker Movie, Deserves a Re-Watch

Why ‘Blackhat,’ Michael Mann’s Hacker Movie, Deserves a Re-Watch

Mann's film was derided at the time, but now looks more like a careful study of the evolution of modern crime.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 24, 2025

Woolrich’s Window: Adrian McKinty on Visiting the Apartment of a Noir Master

Woolrich’s Window: Adrian McKinty on Visiting the Apartment of a Noir Master

At 103rd and Broadway, Cornell Woolrich looked out at New York City and wrote the story that would later become 'Rear Window'.

By Adrian McKinty | November 13, 2025

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The Wild Ride Behind Spike Lee's Latest NYC Opus, 'Highest 2 Lowest'

By Patrick J. Sauer | October 30, 2025

Why 'Honey Don't' Is the Subversive Queer Private Eye Movie for Today's America

By David Masciotra | October 27, 2025

Chris Kraus on How Crime Writing Can Be an Entry To a Shattered Community

By Chris Kraus | October 16, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | October 14, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | October 6, 2025

Five New Speculative Thrillers and Mysteries Coming this Fall

Five New Speculative Thrillers and Mysteries Coming this Fall

Featuring bog bodies, Arctic voyages, epic battles, urgent quests, and ancient magic

By Paz Pardo | October 6, 2025

A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment

A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment

Authors from a new anthology explore the crimes, injustices, and consequences of this existential crisis

By Curtis Ippolito | October 2, 2025

Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

Nick Kolakowski on the Settings, Shane-Black-isms, and Signature Leitmotifs of a Long Cinematic Career

By Nick Kolakowski | October 1, 2025

The Backlist: Reading Kate Elizabeth Russell's

The Backlist: Reading Kate Elizabeth Russell's "My Dark Vanessa" with Attica Locke

Locke and Polly Stewart revisit Russell's powerhouse debut in the wake of #metoo and renewed misogyny

By Polly Stewart | October 1, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 29, 2025

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