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Tasmania: Crime Writing at the Bottom of the World

Tasmania: Crime Writing at the Bottom of the World

An island with a reputation for seclusion, secrecy, and escape makes its mark in the world of crime fiction.

By Paul French | November 29, 2021

The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: November 2021

The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: November 2021

Rave reviews for new books from Alison Gaylin, Michael Connelly, Wanda M. Morris, and more.

By CrimeReads | November 29, 2021

Nice Heists: Movies Where the Big Score Basically Goes According to Plan

Nice Heists: Movies Where the Big Score Basically Goes According to Plan

In some heist movies, it's all about perfect execution, camaraderie, and the pleasure of working with proper villains.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 24, 2021

Reject Tradition and Watch a Crime Drama This Thanksgiving

Reject Tradition and Watch a Crime Drama This Thanksgiving

Who needs football and family when you could watch a moody deconstruction from William Friedkin instead?

By Celia Mattison | November 24, 2021

Vandalism, Graffiti, and The Art of the Non-Belongers

Vandalism, Graffiti, and The Art of the Non-Belongers

On the rude, beautiful power of rebellious words scrawled on the side of an underpass

By M. Steven S. | November 24, 2021

10 Underappreciated American Noirs of the Late 1950s and the 1960s

10 Underappreciated American Noirs of the Late 1950s and the 1960s

Andrew Nette examines the largely forgotten period of American cinema that came between classic film noir and 1970s neo-noir.

By Andrew Nette | November 23, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How Delaware Sold the Greatest, Most Insidious Financial Secrecy Tool the World Has Ever Known

By Casey Michel | November 23, 2021

Respect the Dead. Write More Realistic Fiction.

By Robert Reuland | November 23, 2021

The French Murder Case That Shocked a Francophile Family Into Writing A Detective Series

By Robert Goldberg | November 22, 2021

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 | November 22, 2021

Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

"[T]here needs to be a tacit acknowledgement...that author and reader are both in on the same joke. And it is a joke."

By Daisy Waugh | November 22, 2021

The Downstairs World: A Fascinating Setting for a Murder Mystery Sleuth

The Downstairs World: A Fascinating Setting for a Murder Mystery Sleuth

There's no better sleuth for an interwar novel than a housekeeper.

By Colleen Cambridge | November 22, 2021

The CrimeReads 2021 Gift Guide, Part 2: Coffee Table Edition

The CrimeReads 2021 Gift Guide, Part 2: Coffee Table Edition

What do you buy for the crime lover who already has everything...that is, everything murder-related?

By Molly Odintz | November 19, 2021

Making Good out of Murder: On Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, Crime Reporters and Crime Writers

Making Good out of Murder: On Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, Crime Reporters and Crime Writers

In the 1930s, crime reporters and spouses Bristow and Manning turned their New Orleans crime beat into fertile fodder for fiction.

By Curtis Evans | November 18, 2021

What We Owe To The Victorians

What We Owe To The Victorians

Modern sanitation, fast transit, global communications, and so much more...

By Emily Brightwell | November 18, 2021

Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

Sara Foster on challenging a persistent trope

By Sara Foster | November 18, 2021

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