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17 Crime Fiction Series That Use Real Historical Figures As Sleuths

17 Crime Fiction Series That Use Real Historical Figures As Sleuths

Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Charlotte Brontë, and many more appear as detectives in these historical crime novels.

By Heather Redmond | October 9, 2020

How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

"So he names us and he says okay start talking."

By Dwyer Murphy | October 9, 2020

Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World

Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World

"The setting of a horror tale needs to create a sense of unheimlich, with the reader every bit as nervous...as the characters."

By C.J. Cooke | October 9, 2020

The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of <em>Freddy's Dead</em>

The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of Freddy's Dead

If horror exists to reinforce the status quo, then how did we end up rooting for Freddy?

By Paul Michael Anderson | October 9, 2020

Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

Chandler's letters to a younger crime writer offer a revealing—and often ugly—glimpse into his later years.

By Curtis Evans | October 8, 2020

The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

"The con artist has a special gift for knowing what we want and giving it to us, then taking what they were after all along."

By Lisa Unger | October 8, 2020

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Memories of an Accidental Mystery Writer

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By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 8, 2020

The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's "Jukebox Killer"

By Andrew Nette | October 7, 2020

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

Missing husbands, murdered trainers, and feminist revenge killers.

By Lisa Levy | October 7, 2020

Thoroughly Modern Hauntings: How Ghost Stories Keep Finding New Ways to Scare Us

Thoroughly Modern Hauntings: How Ghost Stories Keep Finding New Ways to Scare Us

From The Ring to The Host, modern technology has only made horror stories scarier.

By Frazer Lee | October 7, 2020

Romy Hausmann's Top Five German Thrillers

Romy Hausmann's Top Five German Thrillers

Central European authors are reinventing the crime genre.

By Romy Hausmann | October 7, 2020

The Nightworkers

The Nightworkers

Brian Selfon

By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 7, 2020

The Searcher

The Searcher

Tana French

By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 6, 2020

Meet Catherine Louisa Pirkis, creator of the 19th century's most progressive lady detective character

Meet Catherine Louisa Pirkis, creator of the 19th century's most progressive lady detective character

Her protagonist, Loveday Brooke, was an anomaly amid the Victorian lady detective literary craze, for many reasons—including simply for having been created by a woman.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 6, 2020

Why I'm Proud to Have My Books Called

Why I'm Proud to Have My Books Called "Crime Fiction"

For poor folks, crime is sometimes the only option.

By Bryn Greenwood | October 6, 2020

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