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

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

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

In the latest installment of Graphic Content, Alex Segura talks with Brubaker about the new Reckless novel, Destroy All Monsters

By Alex Segura | November 2, 2021

Masterful Mysteries Set in the Midwest

Masterful Mysteries Set in the Midwest

Crime fiction in America's Heartland

By Nicole Baart | November 2, 2021

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

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

"The past lives, and perhaps our power lies in how we interpret 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

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

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

By Paul French | November 1, 2021

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

By Joy Castro | November 1, 2021

Redemption for Doctor Watson

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

Five Eerie Tales of Folk Horror

Five Eerie Tales of Folk Horror

Tom Cox looks at a few favorite stories that "touch on the uncanny and mystical in a low-key way"

By Tom Cox | October 29, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: October 2021

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: October 2021

New books from Val McDermid, John le Carré, and more.

By CrimeReads | October 29, 2021

Shop Talk: Michael Koryta Writes 1500 Words and Gets to Ring the Bell

Shop Talk: Michael Koryta Writes 1500 Words and Gets to Ring the Bell

Crime writers talk craft, routine, and finding satisfaction in the work.

By Eli Cranor | October 28, 2021

17 Horror Comedies That Will Make You Shriek With Laughter

17 Horror Comedies That Will Make You Shriek With Laughter

Forget rom coms. It's time for zom coms.

By Molly Odintz | October 28, 2021

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