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    Jean-Patrick Manchette: Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Bring a Master of French Crime Fiction to American Readers

    Jean-Patrick Manchette: Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Bring a Master of French Crime Fiction to American Readers

    Manchette's translator reflects on the legacy of an author who revolutionized French noir (twice).

    By Donald Nicholson-Smith | December 4, 2020

    A P.I. in Paradise: How ‘Magnum’ Set the Standard for ‘80s TV Detectives

    A P.I. in Paradise: How ‘Magnum’ Set the Standard for ‘80s TV Detectives

    The Hawaiian shirts. The short-short shorts. In 1980, CBS was in need of a Hawaii-set hit, and they found a P.I. for a new era.

    By Keith Roysdon | December 4, 2020

    Homecoming Thrillers

    Homecoming Thrillers

    Six Mysteries that Prove You Can’t Go Home Again

    By Tessa Wegert | December 4, 2020

    My Heart Is a Chainsaw: <br>Cover Reveal!

    My Heart Is a Chainsaw:
    Cover Reveal!

    Stephen Graham Jones

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 4, 2020

    Who gets to be a sympathetic character in <em>The Undoing</em>?

    Who gets to be a sympathetic character in The Undoing?

    The popular HBO miniseries treats victimhood as a privilege, which it reserves only for its white, female protagonist, and not its "othered" murder victim.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | December 3, 2020

    Why the Serial Killer Novel Is the New Feminist Fiction

    Why the Serial Killer Novel Is the New Feminist Fiction

    Authors are overturning the prevailing murder model

    By Chelsea G. Summers | December 3, 2020

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    Suffer the Little Children: Why Kids Under Pressure Make for Great Thrillers

    By Harriet Tyce | December 3, 2020

    It Isn't Genre That Matters—It's Story.

    By Clare Mackintosh | December 3, 2020

    The Opium Prince

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 3, 2020

    Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

    Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

    She answered an ad for a secretary. She became Hitchcock's trusted screenwriter and a major power player in Hollywood.

    By Christina Lane | December 2, 2020

    The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

    The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

    A master of the short story, Ellin's detective novels are now mostly forgotten. They shouldn't be.

    By J. Kingston Pierce | December 2, 2020

    10 Novels You Should Read This December

    10 Novels You Should Read This December

    The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | December 2, 2020

    6 Reasons to Hook Your Kid on Mysteries

    6 Reasons to Hook Your Kid on Mysteries

    Mystery novels can teach your child the tricks of amateur sleuthing, spark a new interest in storytelling, and strengthen family bonds.

    By Marthe Jocelyn | December 2, 2020

    What's Cozier than a Cozy Mystery? A Christmas Cozy Mystery.

    What's Cozier than a Cozy Mystery? A Christmas Cozy Mystery.

    Holidays don't always go as planned—but a cozy mystery set during Christmas never fails to please.

    By Maddie Day | December 2, 2020

    "What My Father Never Told Me"

    Tess Gerritsen

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 2, 2020

    The Revival of Todd Downing, The Golden Age Author Fascinated by Death in Mexico

    The Revival of Todd Downing, The Golden Age Author Fascinated by Death in Mexico

    He was an author of Choctaw descent writing traditional mysteries set in Mexico. Will a new generation discover his work?

    By James Sallis | December 1, 2020

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