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    Growing Up In a Small Town, Books Opened My World

    Growing Up In a Small Town, Books Opened My World

    How fiction helped me learn about the world beyond my small mining town—and gave me a new understanding of my home.

    By J.A. Jance | June 12, 2020

    Bitter Pill

    Bitter Pill

    Peter Church

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 12, 2020

    The Best Way to Know an Author Is Through Their Characters

    The Best Way to Know an Author Is Through Their Characters

    Bestselling Crime Writer Iris Johansen On Her Series Protagonist, Eve Duncan, and the Relationships That Define Her Work

    By Iris Johansen | June 11, 2020

    The 2020 Anthony Award Nominees Have Been Announced

    The 2020 Anthony Award Nominees Have Been Announced

    A round of applause for the nominees!

    By CrimeReads | June 10, 2020

    Seven Thrillers About Identity and Reinvention

    Seven Thrillers About Identity and Reinvention

    Can you truly know the people in your life? Or yourself?

    By Catherine McKenzie | June 10, 2020

    Lillie Langtry and the 19th Century's Gentlewomen Influencers

    Lillie Langtry and the 19th Century's Gentlewomen Influencers

    On the rise of the "Professional Beauty"

    By Laurie R. King | June 10, 2020

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    Should Your Crime Novel Be Set in a Real Place or a Fictional One?

    By Angela Marsons | June 10, 2020

    A Small Nevada Town Inspires a Crime Novel and a Personal Reckoning

    By Heather Young | June 9, 2020

    Into the Deep: Six Novels That Prove Lakes Are the Perfect Setting for a Murder Mystery

    By Kimberly Belle | June 9, 2020

    How Advertising Taught Me The Art of the Twist

    How Advertising Taught Me The Art of the Twist

    An Ad-Man's Secrets for Keeping Your Readers on Their Toes

    By S.K. Barnett | June 9, 2020

    Outside the Lines

    Outside the Lines

    Ameera Patel

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 9, 2020

    Is Sydney Australia's Capital of Noir?

    Is Sydney Australia's Capital of Noir?

    Crime and the City explores the crime literature of Australia's biggest metropolis.

    By Paul French | June 8, 2020

    More Girls! Girls! Girls! (in the Titles of Crime Novels)

    More Girls! Girls! Girls! (in the Titles of Crime Novels)

    The Great Disambiguation Project continues breaking down the many, many books with girls in the title.

    By Lisa Levy | June 8, 2020

    Announcing the 2020 Dagger Awards Longlist

    Announcing the 2020 Dagger Awards Longlist

    The Crime Writers' Association honors the year's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | June 5, 2020

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This June

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This June

    What goes with a swanky summer cocktail better than something dark and discomfiting?

    By Lisa Levy | June 5, 2020

    11 Crime Novels That Explore Tensions Between Police and Communities

    11 Crime Novels That Explore Tensions Between Police and Communities

    It's time to go beyond the idea of bad apples and acknowledge the structural issues that pervade our system. Crime fiction can help.

    By Molly Odintz | June 5, 2020

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