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    Safe as Houses: The

    Safe as Houses: The "Property-Porn Thriller" Is Here to Stay

    In this property-obsessed age, why are houses such a source of fictional terror?

    By Anna Downes | July 14, 2020

    Why Marshes Capture Our Imaginations—And Inspire Some of Our Most Unsettling Folklore

    Why Marshes Capture Our Imaginations—And Inspire Some of Our Most Unsettling Folklore

    Elly Griffiths on marshes, moors, and cautionary tales.

    By Elly Griffiths | July 14, 2020

    Rethinking the Meaning of

    Rethinking the Meaning of "Border Noir"

    "Borders, like crime novels, let people be in many places at once: the familiar, the unfamiliar and the space between the two."

    By Alex Gilly | July 14, 2020

    "All Good Things Must Come to and End... Even War"

    Adam Dunn

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 13, 2020

    What Does It Take for Two People To Actually Write a Novel Together?

    What Does It Take for Two People To Actually Write a Novel Together?

    Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith on the ups and downs of collaborative writing and the years-long quest to create a thriller.

    By Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith | July 13, 2020

    10 New Books Coming Out <br>This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out
    This Week

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

    By CrimeReads | July 13, 2020

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Luna, Phoenix, Queen
    • Music Against the Night
    • Peck & Peck
    • The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East
    • The End of Everything
    • 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

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 8

    By Otto Penzler | July 13, 2020

    Finally, A New Children's Book About Agatha Christie

    By Radha Vatsal | July 10, 2020

    How I Helped Bring Gay Men to the World of International Thrillers—And Found a Readership of Women in the Process

    By Timothy Jay Smith | July 10, 2020

    The Missing Link Between Golden Age Detectives, Hardboiled Noir, and Hallucinogenic Adventure

    The Missing Link Between Golden Age Detectives, Hardboiled Noir, and Hallucinogenic Adventure

    Diving into the world of Joel Townsley Rogers's The Red Right Hand

    By Joe R. Lansdale | July 10, 2020

    My First Thriller: Steve Berry

    My First Thriller: Steve Berry

    After twelve years and eighty-six submissions, Steve Berry's persistence finally paid off with the launch of a blockbuster series.

    By Rick Pullen | July 9, 2020

    The Massively Popular, Mostly Forgotten Craze for American Style Noir in WWII-Era Britain

    The Massively Popular, Mostly Forgotten Craze for American Style Noir in WWII-Era Britain

    In 1939, amidst violence and wartime shortages, one hardboiled noir took the nation by storm, provoked moral outrage, and inspired legions of imitators.

    By Andrew Nette | July 9, 2020

    Finding Inspiration in the Heroines of 80s Romance Novels

    Finding Inspiration in the Heroines of 80s Romance Novels

    Smart, Beautiful, Thrilling, and Reckless

    By Camilla Lackberg | July 9, 2020

    Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!

    Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!

    Yes, the historic architecture is appealing and the price is right, but the blood oozing out of the wall is a deal breaker...

    By Riley Sager | July 9, 2020

    Of Mutts and Men

    Of Mutts and Men

    Spencer Quinn

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 9, 2020

    A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction

    A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction

    "The first well-drawn, fully-developed queer women characters I ever encountered were in the pages of crime fiction."

    By Kristen Lepionka | July 8, 2020

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