Winter Water

Winter Water

Susanne Jansson

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 10, 2021

On the Murder Mystery Movie Written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins

On the Murder Mystery Movie Written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins

"The Last of Sheila" is a star-studded scavenger-hunt-whodunit from the 70s, gloriously campy and full of surprises

By Julia Sirmons | December 10, 2021

Nothing Like a Mad Woman: 11 Unexpected Thrillers About Female Rage

Nothing Like a Mad Woman: 11 Unexpected Thrillers About Female Rage

"All stories featuring women’s rage are thrillers."

By Rachel Kapelke-Dale | December 10, 2021

Mannix Was Vintage TV’s Perfect Savvy PI

Mannix Was Vintage TV’s Perfect Savvy PI

From 1967 to 1975, the heyday of the checked sport coat, Joe Mannix was on the case.

By Keith Roysdon | December 10, 2021

The Two Questions Every Author Is Asked

The Two Questions Every Author Is Asked

Victoria Thompson has written over fifty novels, and counting. These are the questions she's asked the most often.

By Victoria Thompson | December 10, 2021

The Best Crime Novels of 2021

The Best Crime Novels of 2021

A look at the year's best books in crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | December 9, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • 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

Poor, Black and in Real Trouble: The Baltimore Noir of Jerome Dyson Wright

By Michael Gonzales | December 9, 2021

7 Authors Who Write Wrongful Convictions

By Robert Justice | December 9, 2021

Rules for the New Generation of Cozy Mysteries

By Kate Lansing | December 9, 2021

No Beauties or Monsters

No Beauties or Monsters

Tara Goedjen

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 9, 2021

The New Generation of African Crime Writers

The New Generation of African Crime Writers

Femi Kayode, Ameera Patel, Chanette Paul, Kwei Quartey, Bryony Rheam, and Michael Stanley on all things crime fiction in Africa.

By Joanne Hichens | December 8, 2021

The Lure of a Real-World Setting for a Mystery Novelist

The Lure of a Real-World Setting for a Mystery Novelist

Sometimes, a place cries out to you, asking you to make it the setting of a story. RV Raman writes about how a remote resort in Central India supplied the setting for his second mystery.

By RV Raman | December 8, 2021

It's Cold Outside. Let These Tartan Cozies Warm Your Heart.

It's Cold Outside. Let These Tartan Cozies Warm Your Heart.

Conjure "the cozy, settle-in-by-the-fire feeling" with three new novels by Scottish authors.

By M. B. Shaw | December 8, 2021

The 1980s: A Forgotten Golden Age of Crime Television

The 1980s: A Forgotten Golden Age of Crime Television

Author and showrunner Howard Michael Gould looks back on six underappreciated gems of 80s crime television.

By Howard Michael Gould | December 7, 2021

New York, Plus Ça Change: Chinatown Under Threat

New York, Plus Ça Change: Chinatown Under Threat

S.J. Rozan on gentrification in New York and the gathering forces that threaten a community and a way of life.

By S.J. Rozan | December 7, 2021

Writing with an Accent

Writing with an Accent

"What is the recipe for foreign language use? How much Spanish is acceptable in an English-language book?"

By Teresa Dovalpage | December 7, 2021

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