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The Best Books of 2020 (So Far)

The Best Books of 2020 (So Far)

A look at the year's best crime novels, mysteries and thrillers, with the full understanding that it's only June, barely past the solstice.

By CrimeReads | June 24, 2020

Ottessa Moshfegh on Dreams, Nightmares, and a Rediscovered Novel

Ottessa Moshfegh on Dreams, Nightmares, and a Rediscovered Novel

The author of some of the darkest, most disturbing novels in years wants people to know: she's not April Ludgate.

By Michael Seidlinger | June 24, 2020

<em>American Gods</em> has a new annotated version with a Sherlockian twist

American Gods has a new annotated version with a Sherlockian twist

American Gods">Catching up with Leslie Klinger to discuss his "Sherlockian" approach to annotating Neil Gaiman's American Gods

By Aaron Robertson | June 24, 2020

Fictional Characters Who Are Bent, But Not Broken

Fictional Characters Who Are Bent, But Not Broken

For these characters, what doesn't kill them only makes them stronger.

By Kate McLaughlin | June 24, 2020

You Can Go Home Now

You Can Go Home Now

Michael Elias

By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 24, 2020

Literary Visions of the Female Sociopath

Literary Visions of the Female Sociopath

From Euripides to Gone Girl, fictional sociopaths have always given vent to feminist rage.

By Nicola Maye Goldberg | June 23, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How Modern Thrillers Are Exploring Kink and Pushing the Boundaries of Sexual Fantasy

By Robyn Harding | June 23, 2020

Five Novels of Insomnia, Sleepwalking, and Fear of Slumber

By Megan Miranda | June 23, 2020

Crime Fiction and the Close, Sometimes Twisted Bonds of Sisterhood

By Sarah Stewart Taylor | June 23, 2020

How Women Writers Are Transforming Hardboiled Noir

How Women Writers Are Transforming Hardboiled Noir

These authors are using noir to capture a new era's zeitgeist.

By Shelley Blanton-Stroud | June 22, 2020

The Uneasy Noirs of <br>Stephen King

The Uneasy Noirs of
Stephen King

From Bachman to The Outsider, King revels in subtly subverting the rules of mystery.

By Nick Kolakowski | June 22, 2020

There Are More Crime Books with Girl in the Title Than We Ever Imagined

There Are More Crime Books with Girl in the Title Than We Ever Imagined

The Great Disambiguation Project marches on through a crowded field of "girl" books.

By Lisa Levy | June 22, 2020

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Sarah Weinman on "the Gordian knot holding together Poe's tumultuous life and fragmented personality with his body of work"—and an audacious biography.

By Sarah Weinman | June 19, 2020

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

I Object...To Unrealistic Courtroom Drama

By Craig Pittman | June 19, 2020

Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs

Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screenwriter Behind A String of Classic Noirs

She wrote some of the greatest crime movies in Hollywood's Golden Age. Today, we know almost nothing about her.

By Chris McGinley | June 19, 2020

Safe

Safe

S.K. Barnett

By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 19, 2020

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