• Genres

    Antihero

    Gregg Hurwitz

    "He has seen a lot of violence in his day. But nothing like this."

    February 10, 2026  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    How Thomas Harris 'Found' His Iconic Serial Killer, Hannibal Lecter

    Back home in the Delta, Harris would go to write in a shotgun shack in the middle of a cotton field.

    February 10, 2026  By Brian Raftery
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    Trapped and Terrified: 6 Novels That Use Isolation to Create Horror

    Saratoga Schaefer recommends Caitlin Starling, Vincent Tirado, and more

    February 10, 2026  By Saratoga Schaefer
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    Yosha Gunasekera on Ethics, Erasure, and the Human Cost of True Crime

    How a popular genre distorts the legal system's harsh realities

    February 10, 2026  By Yosha Gunasekera
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    A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai: When the House Isn’t Enough.

    Lessons learned by a historical novelist writing a Gothic novel for the first time.

    February 10, 2026  By Janie Chang
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    Crime and the City: Reno

    The international crime reading series pops in on the biggest little city in the world.

    February 9, 2026  By Paul French
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    5 Clever and Compelling Heroines in Historical Mystery Series

    Mollie Ann Cox shares a list of women who solve crimes and tackle societal ills all at once

    February 9, 2026  By Mollie Ann Cox
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    The Rise of Female Rage and the Evolution of Masculinity in Modern Fiction

    Katherine Greene on the shifting faces of gender in literature and life

    February 9, 2026  By Katherine Greene
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    For These Detectives, Love Is the Greatest Mystery of All

    W.M. Akers on the rare mystery characters who seem to maintain somewhat healthy relationships.

    February 6, 2026  By W.M. Akers
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    5 Great Claustrophobic Crime Novels

    Matthew F. Jones on writing from inside a protagonist's mind.

    February 6, 2026  By Matthew F. Jones
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