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Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar

Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar

Kate Saunders

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 6, 2019

The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Film Noir

The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Film Noir

From moral disruptor, to crazy b----, to the anti-heroine of our century: an ode to femmes fatales through the ages.

By Halley Sutton | December 5, 2019

The Mass Atonement of Salem, Massachusetts

The Mass Atonement of Salem, Massachusetts

On finally feeling accepted despite social difference, in the unlikeliest of places

By Alice Blanchard | December 5, 2019

On the Benefits of Building a Book Series Out of a Community of Characters

On the Benefits of Building a Book Series Out of a Community of Characters

Changing protagonists can set a writer—and a reader—free.

By Allen Eskens | December 5, 2019

Lost Causes of Bleak Creek

Lost Causes of Bleak Creek

Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 5, 2019

The Art of Interviewing Subjects—And Actually Getting To the Truth

The Art of Interviewing Subjects—And Actually Getting To the Truth

Tom Rosenstiel on journalism, fiction, and different kinds of truth.

By Tom Rosenstiel | December 4, 2019

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Wilkie Collins and the Prison of Marriage

By Radha Vatsal | December 4, 2019

10 Movies That Will Make Any Kid Into a Lover of Classic Suspense

By Paige Shelton | December 4, 2019

Tips for Writing Speculative Detective Fiction

By Tyler Hayes | December 4, 2019

Tracking Game

Tracking Game

Margaret Mizushima

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 4, 2019

Blowback: Late 1960s and ’70s Pulp and Popular Fiction about the Vietnam War

Blowback: Late 1960s and ’70s Pulp and Popular Fiction about the Vietnam War

When soldiers returned home, a new wave of crime fiction captured the trauma—and the moral abyss.

By Andrew Nette | December 3, 2019

Rediscovering Dorothy B. Hughes' Brutal Hollywood Take-Down, <em>Dread Journey</em>

Rediscovering Dorothy B. Hughes' Brutal Hollywood Take-Down, Dread Journey

Sarah Weinman reflects on the outsized contributions and little-known gems of a giant of noir.

By Sarah Weinman | December 3, 2019

Jessica Fletcher and the Long Afterlife of <em>Murder, She Wrote</em>

Jessica Fletcher and the Long Afterlife of Murder, She Wrote

Upon publishing the 50th book in the Murder, She Wrote series, Jon Land reflects on the eternal appeal of Cabot Cove.

By Jon Land | December 3, 2019

Nine Elms

Nine Elms

Robert Brynzdza

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 3, 2019

9 Books You Should Read in December

9 Books You Should Read in December

A look at the month's best crime fiction, mysteries, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | December 2, 2019

Alaska: Northern Noir

Alaska: Northern Noir

Crime fiction has found a strange home in the cold wilds of Alaska.

By Paul French | December 2, 2019

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