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Why Crime Fiction Needs to Take on the World—and Change It

Why Crime Fiction Needs to Take on the World—and Change It

This isn't Philip Marlowe's world anymore. Crime authors need to take on international issues and aim for real change.

By Bryan Christy | April 15, 2021

Young Blood

Young Blood

Sifiso Mzobe

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 14, 2021

Escape Your Travel Limitations With These 10 International Thriller Series

Escape Your Travel Limitations With These 10 International Thriller Series

South African spies, Tokyo gangsters, and crooked Aussie politicians: check out these series from across the globe.

By Kris Calvin | April 14, 2021

In Psychological Thrillers, Sisters Have a Very Special Role to Play

In Psychological Thrillers, Sisters Have a Very Special Role to Play

Twisted sisters battling through intense sibling rivalries, all in the name of good fiction.

By Sally Hepworth | April 14, 2021

Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why <em>Rear Window</em> Remains the Director's Definitive Film

Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why Rear Window Remains the Director's Definitive Film

Hitchcock was a master of obsessive looking and daydreamed about filming acts of sexual voyeurism. In Rear Window, he found a new vision.

By Edward White | April 13, 2021

The Internet Is the New Panopticon: Suspense in the Age of Digital Surveillance

The Internet Is the New Panopticon: Suspense in the Age of Digital Surveillance

Self-policing when you don't know if someone's watching isn't new. But the diffuse nature of modern internet surveillance is.

By A. E. Osworth | April 13, 2021

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"High Mountains Suffocate Me": On The Dizzying Allure of Alpine Mysteries

By Danielle Trussoni | April 13, 2021

The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 13, 2021

Your Inner Hedgehog

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 12, 2021

What Happened to the Actors Who Were Performing the Night Lincoln Was Shot?

What Happened to the Actors Who Were Performing the Night Lincoln Was Shot?

For the actors performing at Ford's Theatre that night, the assassination was an act that would haunt them for decades.

By Mariah Fredericks | April 12, 2021

Six Novels Featuring Adoptions Gone Awry

Six Novels Featuring Adoptions Gone Awry

An adoption is full of stories. And literature is full of adoptions.

By R.J. Hoffman | April 12, 2021

Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s

Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s

The author of the Harry McCoy novels talks about conjuring up a city and an era.

By Peter Handel | April 9, 2021

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month

New books from Caroline Kepnes, Flynn Berry, Joshilyn Jackson, and more.

By Lisa Levy | April 9, 2021

The Women of the OSS:<br> On The Pioneering American Spies of WWII

The Women of the OSS:
On The Pioneering American Spies of WWII

35% of those serving in the OSS, the precursor to the CIA, were women, and yet their stories have only begun to be told.

By Jane Healey | April 9, 2021

Why Traveling Through Fiction Is a Form of Ecotourism

Why Traveling Through Fiction Is a Form of Ecotourism

Nine International Novels to Offset Your Carbon Footprint

By Jeffrey Siger | April 9, 2021

Lord of Order

Lord of Order

Brett Riley

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 9, 2021

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