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My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

The bestselling author explains how he bounced around between jobs, agents and publishers, holding onto a dream, and eventually achieving it.

By Rick Pullen | April 14, 2022

Ten Crime Novels with Isolated Settings

Ten Crime Novels with Isolated Settings

These books ramp up the tension by placing their characters in impossible-to-escape scenarios.

By Nell Pattison | April 14, 2022

Six Novels with an Overwhelming Sense of Unease, Slow-Burning Menace, and Coercive Control

Six Novels with an Overwhelming Sense of Unease, Slow-Burning Menace, and Coercive Control

In the great tradition of du Maurier, these books are all about power, deception, and control.

By Stacey Halls | April 14, 2022

Carter Wilson: What I've Learned Through Hosting a Writing Podcast

Carter Wilson: What I've Learned Through Hosting a Writing Podcast

"Looking back on the past year of interviews, here are seven things I've learned from these amazing writers."

By Carter Wilson | April 14, 2022

Science Fiction For Crime Lovers: a Beginner’s Tour

Science Fiction For Crime Lovers: a Beginner’s Tour

Or, a look at five great scifi novels that also happen to be pitch-black noirs.

By Adam Oyebanji | April 13, 2022

The Enduring Appeal of the Country House Murder

The Enduring Appeal of the Country House Murder

M.E. Hilliard on the many possibilities for malice on offer at your typical country manor, and why we love them all.

By M.E. Hilliard | April 13, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

There's More Art and Antique Theft in Rural New England Than You Might Think

By Trish Esden | April 13, 2022

Seven Great Rural Crime Films

By Jeremy Scott | April 12, 2022

The Business of Blackmail in Gilded Age New York

By W. H. Flint | April 12, 2022

C. S. Harris on Historical Fiction and Her Iconic Regency-Era Series

C. S. Harris on Historical Fiction and Her Iconic Regency-Era Series

"Every era has free-thinkers, people who don’t subscribe to the prejudices and superstitions of their day."

By Molly Odintz | April 11, 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 | April 11, 2022

Faroe Islands: The Most Remote Outpost of Scandi Noir

Faroe Islands: The Most Remote Outpost of Scandi Noir

A few good mystery novels help to pass the long winter nights on this North Atlantic archipelago.

By Paul French | April 11, 2022

The Literary Greats of Scotland

The Literary Greats of Scotland

Paige Shelton, author of the Scottish Bookshop mysteries, celebrates Scotland's Big Three.

By Paige Shelton | April 11, 2022

<em>Tokyo Vice</em> Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

Tokyo Vice Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

The new series, which is about journalists, police, and yakuza circling one another in milennium-era Japan, is invested in the long history, and fading future, of such a triangle.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2022

On Junk Science and Poverty

On Junk Science and Poverty

How did civil litigation, where money is at stake, end up with more accurate scientific evidence than the criminal justice system, where life and liberty are at stake?

By M. Chris Fabricant | April 8, 2022

<em>Slow Horses</em> is <br>Worth the Slow Burn

Slow Horses is
Worth the Slow Burn

Come for the spy drama’s creative pedigree, stay for the deeply bleak comedy of spycraft gone 'goblin mode'

By Alexis Gunderson | April 8, 2022

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