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    13 Novels You Should Read in October

    13 Novels You Should Read in October

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

    By CrimeReads | October 1, 2020

    The Grand Tour: Eight Thrillers Featuring Americans in Europe

    The Grand Tour: Eight Thrillers Featuring Americans in Europe

    These fish-out-of-water crime novels drop their American protagonists across the ocean and into hot water.

    By Mark Pryor | October 1, 2020

    A Long Tradition of Darkly Humorous Crime Fiction

    A Long Tradition of Darkly Humorous Crime Fiction

    Satire and humor have long had an important role to play in crime novels. These authors use transgressive laughs to enhance their art.

    By Thomas H. Carry | October 1, 2020

    On the Rearranged Sherlockian World of <em>Enola Holmes</em>

    On the Rearranged Sherlockian World of Enola Holmes

    What the new Netflix film accomplishes in stressing diversity and political equality, it also flubs in erasing the real people who fought for these things.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 30, 2020

    Alison Stine on Dystopian Nightmares and Her New

    Alison Stine on Dystopian Nightmares and Her New "Climate Chaos" Thriller

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | September 30, 2020

    Five International Crime Novels You Should Read This September

    Five International Crime Novels You Should Read This September

    These mysteries and detective stories are perfect for the armchair traveler.

    By Molly Odintz | September 29, 2020

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    • The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East
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    • Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science
    • American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs
    • Solace House
    • On Another Planet They Can Save Me
    • Reds: A Global History of Communism

    The Evolution of Jack Reacher

    By Heather Martin | September 29, 2020

    Human Resources: How My Conspiracy Fiction Began to Bleed Into My Life

    By Jeremy Robert Johnson | September 29, 2020

    The Constant Rabbit

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 29, 2020

    Crime and the City: Palermo, Sicily

    Crime and the City: Palermo, Sicily

    Exploring the crime literature of an ancient city plagued by corruption and organized crime.

    By Paul French | September 28, 2020

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New releases from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | September 28, 2020

    Sympathy for the Double Agent

    Sympathy for the Double Agent

    "Whether fiction or non, the lot of the double agent is rarely a happy one."

    By M. L. Huie | September 28, 2020

    Jim Thompson Is The Cynical Voice of Reason We Need In This Dumpster Fire of a Year

    Jim Thompson Is The Cynical Voice of Reason We Need In This Dumpster Fire of a Year

    "Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle."

    By Molly Odintz | September 27, 2020

    Why Writers Are Always in Pursuit of the Maltese Falcon

    Why Writers Are Always in Pursuit of the Maltese Falcon

    Ninety years later, the draw of Hammett's mysterious bird statuette remains strong, especially for writers.

    By Gordon McAlpine | September 25, 2020

    When advertising tried to create the perfect woman, thriller writers rebelled.

    When advertising tried to create the perfect woman, thriller writers rebelled.

    On the ad industry, domestic suspense, and the need for a safe space for imperfection.

    By Araminta Hall | September 25, 2020

    Six True Crime Books to Read in September

    Six True Crime Books to Read in September

    Cold War spy games, motorcycle gangs, and modern detectives.

    By CrimeReads | September 25, 2020

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