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8 Noir Novels Featuring Saps and Suckers

8 Noir Novels Featuring Saps and Suckers

These characters are in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong idea, thinking everything will be alright.

By Gregory Galloway | October 21, 2021

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

New neighbors, locked rooms, surrogate mothers, and more.

By Lisa Levy | October 21, 2021

Of Carousels and Animal Cages: Taking Inspiration from the Nashville Zoo

Of Carousels and Animal Cages: Taking Inspiration from the Nashville Zoo

Margaret Verble on growing up in a neighborhood built atop the remnants of the historic Glendale Zoo

By Margaret Verble | October 21, 2021

The Real Through Line from <em>The Godfather</em> to <em>The Sopranos</em> Is the American Family

The Real Through Line from The Godfather to The Sopranos Is the American Family

Mark Seal, author of a new book on the making of The Godfather, looks at the story's influence on David Chase's masterpiece.

By Mark Seal | October 20, 2021

10 New Horror Novels Perfect For Crime Fans

10 New Horror Novels Perfect For Crime Fans

We're not so different, you and I...

By Molly Odintz | October 20, 2021

Five Great Novels Immersed in Music Scenes and the Lives of Musicians

Five Great Novels Immersed in Music Scenes and the Lives of Musicians

The fiction of community, creativity, and fame.

By Clea Simon | October 20, 2021

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Books of the Week

Murder in the Stacks: Mysteries That Take Place In Bookstores

By Elizabeth Penney | October 20, 2021

How the "Victorian Mystery" Was Born

By Otto Penzler | October 19, 2021

A List of YA Speculative Thrillers That Will Completely Blow Your Mind

By Sacha Wunsch | October 19, 2021

Five Thrillers Set In the Woods

Five Thrillers Set In the Woods

German thriller writer Romy Hausmann wanders deep into the forest with these five tales of woodsy terror....

By Romy Hausmann | October 19, 2021

John Banville Returns to Crime Fiction—This Time Under His Own Name

John Banville Returns to Crime Fiction—This Time Under His Own Name

Banville says his "Benjamin Black" pen name is done, finished, dead. So what is his protagonist Quirke doing in a new novel that moves between Ireland and Spain?

By Peter Handel | October 19, 2021

10 New Books Coming This Week

10 New Books Coming This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | October 18, 2021

The Weird Intersection of Noir and Plastic Surgery

The Weird Intersection of Noir and Plastic Surgery

A character with a new face is one of noir's oldest, strangest conventions. Nick Kolakowski explores.

By Nick Kolakowski | October 18, 2021

Have Yourself A Cozy Halloween With These Spooktacular Mysteries

Have Yourself A Cozy Halloween With These Spooktacular Mysteries

Bobbing for books in the Halloween cozy barrel...

By Barbara Ross | October 18, 2021

Blood in the Desert: Six Books About Crime and Colonialism at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Blood in the Desert: Six Books About Crime and Colonialism at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The history of the borderlands is full of murder, theft, banditry, and violence—starting with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

By Bruce McCandless III | October 15, 2021

What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

Nothing says "October" like some thrilling, genre-blending films.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 15, 2021

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