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Stealing Science-Fiction: <br>Why the Heist Works <br>So Well in Sci-Fi

Stealing Science-Fiction:
Why the Heist Works
So Well in Sci-Fi

Any genre story can be a heist story, and there's a little bit of science fiction in every heist.

By Justin Woolley | June 25, 2021

Donna Leon: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Donna Leon: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

For thirty years, Leon's Venetian mysteries have entranced readers. New readers are discovering her work all the time.

By Neil Nyren | June 25, 2021

June's Best International Crime Fiction

June's Best International Crime Fiction

Treasure hunts in Cuba, intrigue in Mexico City, and strange seductions in Japan

By Molly Odintz | June 25, 2021

The Lost History of Britain's Secret, Wildly Innovative Machine Built to Break Hitler's Prize Codes

The Lost History of Britain's Secret, Wildly Innovative Machine Built to Break Hitler's Prize Codes

In the same secret complex where Alan Turing was designing Enigma, there was another, vastly more complex code-breaking machine that would help turn the war.

By David A. Price | June 25, 2021

Bosch Season 7 Preview: In a Changed World, How Should We Feel About Police Shows?

Bosch Season 7 Preview: In a Changed World, How Should We Feel About Police Shows?

What to expect from the new, final season of the hit series from Michael Connelly and company.

By Keith Roysdon | June 24, 2021

Deadpool Creator Fabian Nicieza on (Finally) Finishing His Novel

Deadpool Creator Fabian Nicieza on (Finally) Finishing His Novel

It only took 35 years of writing comics to learn that 35 years of writing comics would help him write his debut mystery.

By Fabian Nicieza | June 24, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Dive Into Historical Fiction With These 9 Immersive Reads

By Martha Hall Kelly | June 24, 2021

The Best New Books Out In Paperback This Month

By CrimeReads | June 23, 2021

10 Thrillers That Revolve Around Grief

By Nicci French | June 23, 2021

The Strange Intimacy of Domestic Suspense

The Strange Intimacy of Domestic Suspense

"That would never happen to me. I’d know if you were out killing people while I slept."

By Nicole Trope | June 23, 2021

How the Banning of Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em> Led to

How the Banning of Joyce's Ulysses Led to "The Grandest Obscenity Case in the History of Law and Literature"

Morris Ernst knew he could win the case to "liberate" Joyce's famously banned novel. So he found a publisher, took a cut of the royalties, and had a copy sent by boat to America.

By Samantha Barbas | June 22, 2021

6 Debut Novels You Should Read This Month

6 Debut Novels You Should Read This Month

The best new debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | June 22, 2021

It's Time for Crime Fiction to Respect Sex Workers

It's Time for Crime Fiction to Respect Sex Workers

"Historically, female sex workers are often portrayed as victims, easily used and discarded as plot fodder..."

By V. Castro | June 22, 2021

How Elizabeth Bowen's Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir

How Elizabeth Bowen's Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir

Anglo-Irish aristocrat and author Elizabeth Bowen chronicled the death of her class through her sinister depictions of the "big house."

By Sarah Stewart Taylor | June 22, 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 21, 2021

A Murder in Tiger Bay: How Nadifa Mohamed's New Novel Revives a Decades-Old Tragedy

A Murder in Tiger Bay: How Nadifa Mohamed's New Novel Revives a Decades-Old Tragedy

In 1952, Mahmood Mattan was executed by the British government for a crime he didn't commit. Decades later, a new novel reimagines his world in the working-class docklands of Cardiff.

By Paul French | June 21, 2021

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