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    November's Best New International Crime Fiction

    November's Best New International Crime Fiction

    A French speculative thriller, a gritty Colombian noir, and so many Scandinavian suspense novels...

    By Molly Odintz | November 11, 2021

    The Rise of the London Police and the 1877 Scandal That Nearly Shut Down Scotland Yard

    The Rise of the London Police and the 1877 Scandal That Nearly Shut Down Scotland Yard

    The Trial of the Detectives

    By Karen Odden | November 11, 2021

    Code Blue: Ballard, Bosch and a City in Crisis in Michael Connelly's <em>The Dark Hours</em>

    Code Blue: Ballard, Bosch and a City in Crisis in Michael Connelly's The Dark Hours

    Connelly – the shadow historian for the LAPD and the city of Los Angeles – shows both institutions approaching a crisis point.

    By Bruce Riordan | November 10, 2021

    The Story of the Selkie: Eight Novels Based in Powerful Folklore

    The Story of the Selkie: Eight Novels Based in Powerful Folklore

    Half woman, half seal, they come from the sea and suffer injustice at the hands of men.

    By Melanie Golding | November 10, 2021

    An Appreciation of Genre-Breaking Mysteries

    An Appreciation of Genre-Breaking Mysteries

    These books start out as noir, then take sharp left turn...

    By Nick Mamatas | November 9, 2021

    How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

    How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

    Sometimes the setting really is a character in itself. But how do you get there?

    By Alice Henderson | November 9, 2021

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    Class in Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    By Lisa Levy | November 9, 2021

    Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

    By Rex Pickett | November 9, 2021

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    By CrimeReads | November 8, 2021

    Soft Boiled Mysteries for Women Over 50

    Soft Boiled Mysteries for Women Over 50

    "The soft-boiled genre is embedded firmly between the cozy and the hard-boiled, like middle-aged and elder women ensconced between siren and senior."

    By Gabrielle St. George | November 8, 2021

    The Psychology of Reading and Writing Crime Fiction

    The Psychology of Reading and Writing Crime Fiction

    What makes crime stories so therapeutic? Writer and family counselor Lynne Reeves has some theories.

    By Lynne Reeves | November 8, 2021

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? November 2021

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? November 2021

    Brand new Korean thrillers and not so new but still very worthwhile Gabriel Byrne slow-burns.

    By Dwyer Murphy | November 5, 2021

    Josephine Tey and the Detection Club: A Mystery Solved

    Josephine Tey and the Detection Club: A Mystery Solved

    Tey was invited to join the Detection Club, yet her name never appeared on the membership roll. What happened?

    By Martin Edwards and Jennifer Morag Henderson | November 5, 2021

    Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

    Fatalism Has Always Been at the Core of the Bond Series

    It was there in Fleming's books and now it's in the movies, too: James Bond wants to die.

    By Nick Kolakowski | November 5, 2021

    In <em>Last Night in Soho</em>, Too Much Nostalgia Can Be Dangerous

    In Last Night in Soho, Too Much Nostalgia Can Be Dangerous

    Rather than romanticize the past, the new film demands that you understand the bad alongside the beautiful.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | November 5, 2021

    Columbo's First Case: How One of TV's Most Iconic Detectives Got His Start

    Columbo's First Case: How One of TV's Most Iconic Detectives Got His Start

    “Columbo” got a trial run on “Alfred Hitchcock” – and so did his first quarry.

    By Keith Roysdon | November 4, 2021

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