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The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Nick Rennison on the early days of American detective fiction and the sleuths who competed with Sherlock Holmes for mystery readers.

By Nick Rennison | September 8, 2021

The 19th Century Women Who Wrote

The 19th Century Women Who Wrote "Weird" Stories and Refused to Pigeonholed by Genre

A new anthology collects horror and supernatural stories from some of the era's best storytellers.

By Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton | September 8, 2021

The Strange Story of a Dog, a Diamond Discovery, and the Fierce Rivalries of the Canadian Arctic

The Strange Story of a Dog, a Diamond Discovery, and the Fierce Rivalries of the Canadian Arctic

Thor was a husky lost in the Canadian Arctic. Or was he a spy from a rival diamond expedition?

By Matthew Hart | September 8, 2021

On the Enduring Appeal of the Marriage Thriller

On the Enduring Appeal of the Marriage Thriller

Alice Feeney looks at 10 novels about unraveling relationships.

By Alice Feeney | September 8, 2021

Rizzio

Rizzio

Denise Mina

By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 7, 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 | September 7, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Dark Pleasures of School-Based Mysteries

By Vera Kurian | September 7, 2021

10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

By Helen Walsh | September 7, 2021

McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir

By Ian Rankin | September 7, 2021

Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

More than twenty years later, Jewell still resists making any firm plans for her novels.

By Daneet Steffens | September 7, 2021

In <em>Only Murders in the Building</em>, a mystery isn't a mystery until it's a production

In Only Murders in the Building, a mystery isn't a mystery until it's a production

In the new series, three neighbors investigate a murder in their apartment building while making a true crime podcast about it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 3, 2021

'The Way of the Gun’ Was a Nihilistic Rebuke To Everything Cool in Nineties Crime Cinema

'The Way of the Gun’ Was a Nihilistic Rebuke To Everything Cool in Nineties Crime Cinema

And it deserves a cult status of its own.

By Nick Kolakowski | September 3, 2021

The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War

The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War

The Neutral Netherlands spent WWI riddled with spies, secret agents, and deserters. Their stories are incomplete, and all the more fascinating for it.

By Anna Lee Huber | September 3, 2021

Paul Vidich on Moral Dilemmas and the Allure of Spy Fiction

Paul Vidich on Moral Dilemmas and the Allure of Spy Fiction

A conversation with novelist Paul Vidich and an exclusive cover reveal

By CrimeReads | September 3, 2021

How <em>The French Connection</em> Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

How The French Connection Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

William Friedkin's 1971 masterpiece is all about the chase. That's what distinguishes it from everything that came before and after.

By Chris McGinley | September 2, 2021

What to Stream This September: Robert Redford's Crime Movies

What to Stream This September: Robert Redford's Crime Movies

Nothing takes you from the end of summer to the start of fall like a Robert Redford movie

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 2, 2021

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