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10 Novels You Should Read This November

10 Novels You Should Read This November

New fiction from Alison Gaylin, William Boyle, and more.

By CrimeReads | November 3, 2021

A Celebration of Sleuth-Mothers

A Celebration of Sleuth-Mothers

"Society often overlooks and even erases women caring for children...allow[ing] the sleuth-mother to observe and investigate in the shadows."

By Raquel V. Reyes | November 3, 2021

Ben and Stella Dickson: From Outlaws to Folk Heroes

Ben and Stella Dickson: From Outlaws to Folk Heroes

Bonnie and Clyde weren't the only couple robbing banks and capturing hearts in the 1930s.

By Dietrich Kalteis | November 3, 2021

6 Great Books Featuring Father-Daughter Relationships

6 Great Books Featuring Father-Daughter Relationships

Fictional families can be messy and twisted, but these books are dedicated to exploring complex and tender relationships over the destructive and perverse.

By Kimi Cunningham Grant | November 3, 2021

Anything You Don’t See: Some Ghosts of Southern Brooklyn

Anything You Don’t See: Some Ghosts of Southern Brooklyn

William Boyle on Brooklyn in the final days before 9-11

By William Boyle | November 2, 2021

A Crime Novelist's Mea Culpa

A Crime Novelist's Mea Culpa

"I confess that in my novel there is a beautiful corpse, and that she is female. I may have chosen not to creepily linger on the details of her body as she lays on the slab at the morgue, but she is still there."

By Eloísa Díaz | November 2, 2021

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Ed Brubaker on 1980s Los Angeles, Private Eye Fiction, and the Changing Face of Graphic Novels

By Alex Segura | November 2, 2021

Masterful Mysteries Set in the Midwest

By Nicole Baart | November 2, 2021

Alex Schulman: In Order To Heal From The Trauma of My Past, I Had To Stop Ignoring It

By Alex Schulman | November 1, 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 1, 2021

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

An African capital with turbulent politics and an impressive literary output.

By Paul French | November 1, 2021

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

"We’re wired for small-scale, agonistic conflict, where we feel, at a gut level, that we have agency."

By Joy Castro | November 1, 2021

Redemption for Doctor Watson

Redemption for Doctor Watson

Olivia Rutigliano reads the detective duo as a brilliant double-act, designed by Watson himself.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 29, 2021

On Spiritualism and the Afterlife in Henry James' <em>Turn of the Screw</em>

On Spiritualism and the Afterlife in Henry James' Turn of the Screw

"It is the very function of ghosts to undermine confidence—for good or ill—that the dead are truly set apart."

By Susan L. Mizruchi | October 29, 2021

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

Nicci French on the fine line that divides everyday life and the raw material of psychological thrillers.

By Nicci French | October 29, 2021

Growing Up Spooky

Growing Up Spooky

A fond remembrance of the ghoulish geek culture of 1960s & 70s.

By Keith Roysdon | October 29, 2021

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