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Ten Books Perfect for Fans of <em>Sex and the City</em>

Ten Books Perfect for Fans of Sex and the City

These novels capture New York City in all its filth and glory.

By Jane L. Rosen | June 15, 2022

The Birth of the Hardy Boys

The Birth of the Hardy Boys

Leslie McFarlane, who wrote under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon, explains how the brothers started solving mysteries and why they were always eating meals.

By Leslie McFarlane | June 14, 2022

Great Literary Fiction About the Lives of Criminals

Great Literary Fiction About the Lives of Criminals

These classics live at the intersection of literary fiction and crime.

By Adam White | June 14, 2022

On Revenge Porn, Cyberstalking & Other Modern Privacy Problems

On Revenge Porn, Cyberstalking & Other Modern Privacy Problems

"Like many of us, I have an uneasy truce with what technology has wrought with respect to my privacy."

By Nina Sadowsky | June 14, 2022

The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

The trick is to have your spies embrace "techniques that used to be valuable, but are probably hardly ever employed these days."

By Richard A. Clarke | June 14, 2022

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 | June 13, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Furry Friends and Fiendish Plotting: On Animals In Detective Fiction

By Martin Edwards | June 13, 2022

5 Cozy Mystery Series for DIY-ers and Fans of HGTV Shows

By Frank Anthony Polito | June 13, 2022

How A Break-In and A Blizzard Shaped April Henry's New Mystery

By April Henry | June 13, 2022

Queer Mysteries and Thrillers To Read All Year Long

Queer Mysteries and Thrillers To Read All Year Long

Celebrate Pride Month with folk horror, rural noir, historical deep dives, and so much crime fiction!

By Molly Odintz | June 10, 2022

Early Modern Medicine, Poison & Apothecary

Early Modern Medicine, Poison & Apothecary

On the range of cures, effective or otherwise, available in the seventeenth century.

By Joanne Burn | June 10, 2022

Don’t Stop Believing: Mystery at the Heart of <em>The Sopranos</em>

Don’t Stop Believing: Mystery at the Heart of The Sopranos

15 years after it went off the air, the show's commitment to spirituality and ambiguity still set it apart.

By Zach Vasquez | June 10, 2022

Why Some of the Best Thrillers Are Also Hilarious

Why Some of the Best Thrillers Are Also Hilarious

Unless you want your reader to be utterly terrified, "you've gotta do something to leaven the topic."

By James Byrne | June 10, 2022

Missed Targets: Seven Attempted Assassination Thrillers

Missed Targets: Seven Attempted Assassination Thrillers

"[W]hile [these titles] might take license with the details of history, they remained faithful to the important facts and the big ideas"

By William Martin | June 10, 2022

How the CIA's Cuba Debacles Brought the Future Watergate Conspirators Together

How the CIA's Cuba Debacles Brought the Future Watergate Conspirators Together

Jefferson Morley on the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs, the CIA's evolving plans in Cuba, and the people the Agency brought together.

By Jefferson Morley | June 9, 2022

The Cold War Boudoir: Bugs, Wigs, and Wiretaps

The Cold War Boudoir: Bugs, Wigs, and Wiretaps

Caroline Woods on the dark underbelly of the legendary midcentury New York literary magazine set.

By Caroline Woods | June 9, 2022

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