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    7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

    7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

    These books center the experiences of murder victims by allowing them to tell their own stories.

    By Hilary Davidson | July 2, 2021

    Heather Levy on Sex, Drugs, Chronic Pain, and Her New Novel

    Heather Levy on Sex, Drugs, Chronic Pain, and Her New Novel

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | July 1, 2021

    10 Novels You Should Read This Month

    10 Novels You Should Read This Month

    July's best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | July 1, 2021

    Five Great Movies Based on Patricia Highsmith Books (That Aren't the Ripley Adaptations)

    Five Great Movies Based on Patricia Highsmith Books (That Aren't the Ripley Adaptations)

    New wave cinema is full of interesting Highsmith adaptations you may have missed.

    By Tanner Tafelski | July 1, 2021

    A Quiet Hero: Why George Smiley Is and Always Has Been the Protagonist We Need

    A Quiet Hero: Why George Smiley Is and Always Has Been the Protagonist We Need

    "...a play in which the hero kept silent and everyone round him spoke incessantly"

    By Neil Sharpson | July 1, 2021

    What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

    What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?

    On The New Golden Age of Suburban Noir

    By Aggie Blum Thompson | July 1, 2021

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    Cadaver Dogs: A Nose for Murder

    By Jeffrey B. Burton | July 1, 2021

    The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: June 2021

    By CrimeReads | June 30, 2021

    Stop Using Public Housing For Your Misery Porn

    By Gabriel Krauze | June 30, 2021

    Seven Mystery Novels Where the Crimes Are Motivated by Books

    Seven Mystery Novels Where the Crimes Are Motivated by Books

    "A first edition may, indeed, lead to first-degree murder."

    By Kate Carlisle | June 30, 2021

    The PI of Color: When It’s About More Than the Crime

    The PI of Color: When It’s About More Than the Crime

    "I had to acknowledge that diverse characters, in whatever genre, straddle a fence. One side of the fence represents who they are, the other represents how society sees and accepts them."

    By Tracy Clark | June 29, 2021

    The Crime Books Top Authors Read Twice Because They’re Just That Good   

    The Crime Books Top Authors Read Twice Because They’re Just That Good   

    Kate White asked fellow authors Harlan Coben, Lisa Unger, Alafair Burke and others about the books they keep revisiting.

    By Kate White | June 29, 2021

    8 Books About Dark Desires That Will Crush You

    8 Books About Dark Desires That Will Crush You

    "Books allow us to push our normal boundaries within the safety of our minds."

    By Heather Levy | June 29, 2021

    The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

    The Seven Essential Elements of Fishing-Related Crime Fiction

    Obsessives and eccentrics populate the fishing world. You better know your stuff if you're going to set your crime fiction there.

    By John Galligan | June 29, 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 | June 28, 2021

    Immortalizing Jack Reacher

    Immortalizing Jack Reacher

    Authors of long-running series face a difficult question: how should their characters age?

    By J.A. Crawford | June 28, 2021

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