Why I Chose To Set My Series in the Gilded Age

Why I Chose To Set My Series in the Gilded Age

Rosemary Simpson on what Gilded Age social problems bring to detective fiction (and what we can learn from them today).

By Rosemary Simpson | January 4, 2022

Crime Fiction in the Arctic: Murder at the Top of the World

Crime Fiction in the Arctic: Murder at the Top of the World

The Arctic Circle is home to four million people—and more mystery novels than you might think.

By Paul French | January 3, 2022

The House That Was Haunted By Benevolent Ghosts

The House That Was Haunted By Benevolent Ghosts

Or, brief and anecdotal musings on the friendliness of the spirit world and the joys of inspiration.

By Darcey Bell | January 3, 2022

How A Senate Investigation Sparked a Midcentury Wave of Gangster Noir

How A Senate Investigation Sparked a Midcentury Wave of Gangster Noir

The Kefauver Committee, broadcast on television, sparked an insatiable appetite for crime stories in 1950s America.

By Robert Miklitsch | January 3, 2022

I Know What You're Thinking (And It Could Get Me Killed)

I Know What You're Thinking (And It Could Get Me Killed)

The powers and perils of psychic sleuths.

By Kay Hooper | January 3, 2022

The Best Reviewed Crime Novels of 2021

The Best Reviewed Crime Novels of 2021

Featuring books by Colson Whitehead, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, S.A. Cosby, Zakiya Dalila Harris, and more.

By CrimeReads | December 23, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected
  • The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
  • The Telephone: A New History
  • No Such Thing as Monday
  • O Now!
  • Don't Stop Snowing
  • The Key Biscayne Affair
  • Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
  • Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
  • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

9 Spine-Tingling True Crime Relics Sold in 2021

By Rebecca Rego Barry | December 23, 2021

The Best Crime Movies of 2021

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 22, 2021

The Motive and the Cue: Why Crime Fiction and the Theatrical World Have Always Gone Hand-in-Hand

By Elly Griffiths | December 22, 2021

Big Trouble in the “93”: Olivier Norek’s Banlieue Trilogy

Big Trouble in the “93”: Olivier Norek’s Banlieue Trilogy

A former French cop—and a writer on the hit series "Spiral"—is taking French crime fiction in a new direction.

By Paul French | December 22, 2021

The Best Speculative Thrillers and Mysteries of 2021

The Best Speculative Thrillers and Mysteries of 2021

Scifi noir, dark fantasy, eco-thrillers, and near-future dystopias abound in this year's best fiction.

By Molly Odintz | December 21, 2021

Rat Pack Crime Cinema

Rat Pack Crime Cinema

From 1960 to 1980, Sinatra, Martin, Davis Jr. and company extended their stardom with a strange, surprising run of movies.

By Richie Narvaez | December 21, 2021

How the Complex History of the Lower East Side Inspired Richard Price's <em>Lush Life</em>

How the Complex History of the Lower East Side Inspired Richard Price's Lush Life

Gentrification and uprooted communities were at the heart of this modern New York classic.

By Thomas Heise | December 21, 2021

The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2021

The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2021

Artist retreats, bath houses, and publishing houses. We're rounding up the year's best psychological thrillers.

By Lisa Levy | December 20, 2021

The Best Horror Fiction of 2021

The Best Horror Fiction of 2021

These horror-crime crossovers range from the terrifying, to the bizarre, to the just plain hilarious.

By Molly Odintz | December 20, 2021

When Time Is the Enemy: The Ticking-Clock Thriller

When Time Is the Enemy: The Ticking-Clock Thriller

When there's a deadline, everything is a just little more interesting.

By Andrew Bourelle | December 20, 2021

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