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    S.K. Barnett

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 19, 2020

    Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

    Perry Mason and the Case of the Wildly Successful, Perpetually Restless Author

    Erle Stanley Gardner had an idea for a lawyer who liked to brawl on behalf of the little guy. 170 million copies later, he had an icon.

    By Lee Randall | June 18, 2020

    Are We Only Capable of Writing Liars?

    Are We Only Capable of Writing Liars?

    An author reflects on an attempt to write a truthful narrator.

    By Elizabeth Kay | June 18, 2020

    "Night Poaching"

    Ha Seong-nan

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 18, 2020

    This Little Family

    This Little Family

    Inès Bayard

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 17, 2020

    8 Debut Novels You Should Read This June

    8 Debut Novels You Should Read This June

    The month's best debuts in crime, mystery, and thrillers

    By CrimeReads | June 17, 2020

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
    • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
    • Queen of Lombard Street
    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
    • The Turning of Sally-Mae

    Crime in a Tenured Position:
    The Feminist Mysteries of Carolyn Heilbrun

    By Marlowe Benn | June 17, 2020

    The Sufi Spy Who Fought The Fascists in Nazi-Occupied Paris

    By Arthur J. Magida | June 17, 2020

    How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

    By Olivia Rutigliano | June 16, 2020

    The Unbearable Dread of the Slow-Burn Car Chase Scene

    The Unbearable Dread of the Slow-Burn Car Chase Scene

    Some car chases unfold at high speeds. Others take their time and trace their way into the dark corners of your soul.

    By Jessica Barry | June 16, 2020

    The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

    The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

    In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller left Boston for Buenos Aires. Two weeks later, it was in Halifax with three brutally murdered. What happened on board was a deeply unsettling mystery.

    By Gerard Koeppel | June 16, 2020

    10 Physicians Who Also Write Crime Fiction

    10 Physicians Who Also Write Crime Fiction

    From Arthur Conan Doyle to Tess Gerritsen, medical professionals have also excelled at writing mysteries.

    By Molly Odintz | June 16, 2020

    Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery

    Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery

    Rosalie Knecht

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 16, 2020

    Writers Under Lockdown: Surviving (and Writing) During a Pandemic

    Writers Under Lockdown: Surviving (and Writing) During a Pandemic

    Is anyone getting any writing done these days? Contributors to a new anthology share stories of creativity, inspiration, and outrage.

    By Nick Kolakowski | June 15, 2020

    The Mostly Forgotten Irish Crime Novelist at the Center of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

    The Mostly Forgotten Irish Crime Novelist at the Center of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

    On the enormously influential works of a Golden Age innovator.

    By Shane Mawe | June 15, 2020

    We're on a Mission to Help You Parse Through All the Crime Books with 'Girl' in the Title

    We're on a Mission to Help You Parse Through All the Crime Books with 'Girl' in the Title

    The third installment of The Great Disambiguation Project

    By Lisa Levy | June 15, 2020

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