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How a Team of Ambitious Crooks in 1960s Montreal Planned the Biggest Bank Heist Anyone Had Ever Seen

How a Team of Ambitious Crooks in 1960s Montreal Planned the Biggest Bank Heist Anyone Had Ever Seen

In 1961, Montreal was the bank robbery capital of North America. A team of criminals wanted to plan the perfect caper.

By Andrew Amelinckx | March 22, 2023

Crime Novels Set Against the Backdrop of Reality TV Shows

Crime Novels Set Against the Backdrop of Reality TV Shows

These books use reality television to parse the difference between appearance and truth.

By Molly Odintz | March 21, 2023

How Annette Lyon Went From Writing

How Annette Lyon Went From Writing "Sweet Romance" to Suspense

Genre whiplash? Maybe not.

By Annette Lyon | March 21, 2023

Uncovering the Grave Sins of a Catholic Orphanage in Vermont

Uncovering the Grave Sins of a Catholic Orphanage in Vermont

A journalist and survivors reckon with a brutal reality.

By Christine Kenneally | March 21, 2023

Espionage Book Recommendations From a Former CIA Spy

Espionage Book Recommendations From a Former CIA Spy

Brittany Butler on spy reads and how they hold up to actual intelligence work.

By Brittany Butler | March 21, 2023

Elissa Sloan and Jennifer Banash On Celebrity, Myth, and Fiction

Elissa Sloan and Jennifer Banash On Celebrity, Myth, and Fiction

The authors of two new books on fame and its discontents talk 21st century culture.

By Elissa Sloan and Jennifer Banash | March 20, 2023

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Anna Biller on Bluebeard, The Love Witch, and Her Suspenseful New Novel

By CrimeReads | March 20, 2023

Aviation Thrillers: Novels That Get the Pressures of Flying Right

By Ward Larsen | March 17, 2023

Lisa Levy Signs Off with a Final Column: 5 Psychological Thrillers to Read This Month

By Lisa Levy | March 17, 2023

Horror Does a Body Good, or, The Story of My Teeth

Horror Does a Body Good, or, The Story of My Teeth

"Horror understands the space between our selves and our bodies, that detachment, gruesome and addictive, disgusting, beautiful, loving and oh-so-human."

By Gerardo Sámano Córdova | March 17, 2023

Shop Talk: How Nita Prose Wrote a Bestseller in Shifts, Working at Dawn and Dusk

Shop Talk: How Nita Prose Wrote a Bestseller in Shifts, Working at Dawn and Dusk

Crime writers talking craft, routine, and balancing the work with day jobs.

By Eli Cranor | March 16, 2023

Ashes in the Aspic: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding’s Life and Short Crime Fiction

Ashes in the Aspic: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding’s Life and Short Crime Fiction

"Elisabeth Sanxay Holding [wrote] fiction which dared to divulge unsavory truths about her society..."

By Curtis Evans | March 16, 2023

I Was a Teenage Pop Culture Detective

I Was a Teenage Pop Culture Detective

Hector DeJean on the delights of discovering cultural offerings in the days before the internet.

By Hector DeJean | March 16, 2023

Writing the Forest and the Trees

Writing the Forest and the Trees

"I consciously constructed each detail, because living somewhere so different made me hyper-aware of each detail."

By Vibhuti Jain | March 16, 2023

J.A. Jance on Creating Believable Characters

J.A. Jance on Creating Believable Characters

Behind every character that graces the page, there's a life story waiting to be discovered.

By J.A. Jance | March 15, 2023

Jesse Q. Sutanto's Favorite Feel-Good Crime Novels of the Year

Jesse Q. Sutanto's Favorite Feel-Good Crime Novels of the Year

It was a very good year for fun suspense and mysteries that can also make you laugh.

By Jesse Q. Sutanto | March 15, 2023

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