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The Best International Crime Books Coming Out This April

The Best International Crime Books Coming Out This April

Mexican gated communities, Ukrainian squats, French seaside towns, and fractured Lebanese city centers are the settings for this month's best crime books in translation.

By Molly Odintz | April 22, 2022

You Know, For Kids! The History of a Teenage James Bond

You Know, For Kids! The History of a Teenage James Bond

The license to kill, the drinking, the racy affairs...what could go wrong bringing Bond to young readers?

By Luke Poling | April 22, 2022

On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow

On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow

Doctorow is known for his rich, often gritty historical fiction, but he interweaves tropes from noir and hardboiled fiction to create a rich, American subgenre all his own.

By Jesse Pasternack | April 22, 2022

Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

"It’s really a compulsion. I’d feel like I’d die if I didn’t get these stories out of me."

By Eli Cranor | April 21, 2022

Anna Lee Huber's Top 10 Female Sleuths in Long-Running Historical Mystery Series

Anna Lee Huber's Top 10 Female Sleuths in Long-Running Historical Mystery Series

"[T]hese heroines each exhibit their own captivating blend of moxie, panache, and ingenuity."

By Anna Lee Huber | April 21, 2022

The Charming Mid-Century Murder Mysteries and Rich Interior Life of Edith Howie

The Charming Mid-Century Murder Mysteries and Rich Interior Life of Edith Howie

Howie's sleuths in her well-received proto-cozy crime novels always ended up together, but she herself stayed proudly single.

By Curtis Evans | April 21, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Blood and Belonging: Seven Novels of Crime and Coming-of-Age

By Samantha Jayne Allen | April 20, 2022

What Does Home Mean During A Pandemic?

By CrimeReads | April 20, 2022

Switzerland's Inching Progress Towards Legalizing Marijuana

By Kim Hays | April 20, 2022

On Writing and Living True Crime

On Writing and Living True Crime

"I never set out to be a journalist or a true crime writer, but given the central mystery of my childhood, perhaps it was inevitable."

By Kim Powers | April 19, 2022

A Veterinarian’s Perspective on Writing Animals

A Veterinarian’s Perspective on Writing Animals

Pets pick up on plenty that their humans fail to notice, and they're always aware of one's true emotional state...

By Philipp Schott | April 19, 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 18, 2022

5 Atmospheric Novels Where the Setting Is a Character

5 Atmospheric Novels Where the Setting Is a Character

Veronica G. Henry on fiction where atmosphere reigns supreme

By Veronica G. Henry | April 18, 2022

Very Oregonized Crimes

Very Oregonized Crimes

An atlas of Oregon crime fiction.

By Emmeline Duncan | April 18, 2022

Walking the Line: A Marriage of Thriller & Romance

Walking the Line: A Marriage of Thriller & Romance

"[W]ould anyone like a dark thriller-romance where the main characters aren’t forced or conditioned to love, but accidentally trip and fall into it the old-fashioned way?"

By Nicole Fanning | April 15, 2022

Gillian Flynn's Anti-Heroines And The Dark Side of Feminism

Gillian Flynn's Anti-Heroines And The Dark Side of Feminism

"[I]f women can be anything they want, then they can be terrible people too..."

By Laure Van Rensburg | April 14, 2022

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