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Small Town Mysteries From the US, Canada and Australia

Small Town Mysteries From the US, Canada and Australia

Across the globe, small towns are full of secrets, and novelists have taken notice.

By Poppy Gee | August 6, 2020

9 Mystery Novels Featuring Collections

9 Mystery Novels Featuring Collections

In which museums, libraries, rare books, and lost treasures abound...

By Elsa Hart | August 6, 2020

My Life in True Crime

My Life in True Crime

Kim Powers' life has been spent writing about crime. But the suspicions about his own mother's death were kept secret.

By Kim Powers | August 6, 2020

Add a Tart Twist to Your Summer Reading List With These Cocktail Themed Mysteries

Add a Tart Twist to Your Summer Reading List With These Cocktail Themed Mysteries

Pull up a barstool, grab a drink, and check out these boozy mysteries!

By Sherry Harris | August 6, 2020

The Hollow Ones

The Hollow Ones

Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 6, 2020

No Woods So Dark As These

No Woods So Dark As These

Randall Silvis

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 6, 2020

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By Olivia Rutigliano | August 5, 2020

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By Jesse Kellerman | August 5, 2020

Laura Lippman: "My Imagination Is Really Dark."

By Molly Odintz | August 5, 2020

True Story

True Story

Kate Reed Petty

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 5, 2020

Weird Women: The Forgotten Female Horror Writers of the 19th Century and Beyond

Weird Women: The Forgotten Female Horror Writers of the 19th Century and Beyond

Women were at the cutting edge of strange and supernatural writing long before Lovecraft came on the scene.

By Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton | August 4, 2020

How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

After an era of gentleman detectives, Hammett brought the world a detective grounded in (and ground down by) hard-edged reality.

By Susanna Lee | August 4, 2020

The Joys of Mystery Fiction's Most Enduring Tropes

The Joys of Mystery Fiction's Most Enduring Tropes

Abandoned islands, manor houses, and retired military men. They all serve a purpose in classic detective fiction.

By Alex Pavesi | August 4, 2020

What Scares a Thriller Writer?

What Scares a Thriller Writer?

Ten of today's rising and bestselling thriller authors weigh in on the things that chill them to their very cores.

By Megan Collins | August 4, 2020

Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch

Laurel K. Hamilton

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 4, 2020

It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

Catherine Ryan Howard explains why we need to stop turning killers into dark magicians and to acknowledge the institutional failures and simple mistakes behind their monstrosities.

By Catherine Ryan Howard | August 3, 2020

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