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What the Iconic Outfits in <em>Laura</em> Say About Feminism, Fashion, and Film Noir

What the Iconic Outfits in Laura Say About Feminism, Fashion, and Film Noir

A well-dressed Gene Tierney isn't a screen siren—she's a businesswoman, projecting confidence and power.

By Kimberley Truhler | January 13, 2021

The Literature of Children Who Raise Themselves and Demand Justice

The Literature of Children Who Raise Themselves and Demand Justice

"Children witness parental and social failure and compensate for them, survive, raise each other, raise themselves [and] try to understand..."

By Una Mannion | January 13, 2021

Lee Child and Paraic O'Donnell on Moral Codes, Punching Nazis, and Human Evolution

Lee Child and Paraic O'Donnell on Moral Codes, Punching Nazis, and Human Evolution

Two authors go deep on the history and significance of Reacher.

By Paraic O'Donnell | January 12, 2021

The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

You, too, can travel the world, speak to interesting people, and craft convincing lies about murder and mayhem.

By Lee Goldberg | January 12, 2021

Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone <br>But The Dog

Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone
But The Dog

Sulari Gentill on crime fiction's most unbreakable rule

By Sulari Gentill | January 12, 2021

The Scorpion’s Tail

The Scorpion’s Tail

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

By CrimeReads Excerpts | January 12, 2021

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The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

By Lisa Levy | January 11, 2021

‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

By Christopher Fowler | January 11, 2021

All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

By Amy Stewart | January 11, 2021

A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators

A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators

In the late Sixties everyone wanted to create a TV detective. But how to make your fictional sleuth stand apart?

By Keith Roysdon | January 8, 2021

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This January

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This January

Domestic entanglements, coastal mansions, and mysterious deaths.

By Lisa Levy | January 8, 2021

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

By Craig Pittman | January 8, 2021

The Many and Sometimes Sinister Retellings of Jane Eyre

The Many and Sometimes Sinister Retellings of Jane Eyre

"Reader, I murdered him."

By Rachel Hawkins | January 8, 2021

Bone Canyon

Bone Canyon

Lee Goldberg

By CrimeReads Excerpts | January 7, 2021

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021

89 mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels to get you through the year.

By Molly Odintz | January 7, 2021

My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

By Rick Pullen | January 7, 2021

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