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How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

A Trip to the Mountains and a Story of Survival

By Jen Waite | July 21, 2020

Seven Mysteries Featuring Standout Seniors as Secondary Characters

Seven Mysteries Featuring Standout Seniors as Secondary Characters

These mysteries respect their elders.

By S. C. Perkins | July 21, 2020

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 6

Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 6

Laura (1944)

By Otto Penzler | July 21, 2020

Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay

Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 21, 2020

Lagos: Africa's Capital of Noir

Lagos: Africa's Capital of Noir

Crime and the City visits the sprawling, dynamic center of Nigeria's booming literary scene.

By Paul French | July 20, 2020

10 New Books Out This Week

10 New Books Out This Week

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

By CrimeReads | July 20, 2020

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Books of the Week

9 Essential Books To Learn About Our Badly Broken American Political System

By David Pepper | July 20, 2020

The Divine Boys

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 20, 2020

A New York State of Mind: The Unexpected Bonding Powers of Billy Joel's Melancholy Noir

By Michael Gonzales | July 17, 2020

The Coen Brothers' Enduring Ties to Crime Literature

The Coen Brothers' Enduring Ties to Crime Literature

From Macbeth to Lebowski and Back Again

By Zach Vasquez | July 17, 2020

How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

In the 1960s, TV executives came up with a novel way of delivering Americans their mysteries—the "wheel"

By J. Kingston Pierce | July 16, 2020

Bad Fathers, and the Readers Who Love Them

Bad Fathers, and the Readers Who Love Them

Lousy dads leave a trail of emotional scars and unhappy relations. In thrillers, there also tends to be a body count.

By Glen Erik Hamilton | July 16, 2020

You Again

You Again

Debra Jo Immergut

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 16, 2020

Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

An open letter to the two girls still stuck in the early showing of 'The Conjuring'

By Stephen Graham Jones | July 15, 2020

The Exhilarating, Dangerous World of Helen Eustis

The Exhilarating, Dangerous World of Helen Eustis

Her 1947 novel, The Horizontal Man, was a wry, subversive take on the campus mystery. It's as timely as ever.

By Charles Finch | July 15, 2020

The House on Vesper Sands

The House on Vesper Sands

Paraic O’Donnell

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 15, 2020

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