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The Scorpion’s Tail

The Scorpion’s Tail

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

By CrimeReads Excerpts | January 12, 2021

The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

California crime writers discuss police, fires, pandemic, proposition politics, and the future of crime fiction.

By Lisa Levy | January 11, 2021

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

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

From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

By Christopher Fowler | January 11, 2021

All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

What's more suspenseful than waiting on a letter from someone with a story to tell?

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

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

By Craig Pittman | January 8, 2021

The Many and Sometimes Sinister Retellings of Jane Eyre

By Rachel Hawkins | January 8, 2021

Bone Canyon

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

Ten Historical Crime Novels That Trace the History of New York City

Ten Historical Crime Novels That Trace the History of New York City

For a richer, darker vision of New York in centuries past, try a historical novel.

By Stacie Murphy | January 7, 2021

Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

Fifty years later, the investigation into the mysterious death of actor George Reeves, TV's Superman, still resonates.

By Sabina Stent | January 7, 2021

Irving

Irving "Gangi" Cohen: The Man Who Escaped Murder, Inc. and Hid Out in the Movies

Nobody saw Cohen back in Brooklyn. Until a few gangsters went to the movies and saw their old colleague on the silver screen.

By Michael Cannell | January 6, 2021

PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

By Kim Green | January 6, 2021

The Butterfly House

The Butterfly House

Katrine Engberg

By CrimeReads Excerpts | January 6, 2021

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