• Genres

    Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

    Northern Irish writers are often instructed to tamp down their regionalism by London publishers. It's time to set aside safe bets and embrace unique voices.

    September 9, 2021  By Stuart Neville
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    My First Thriller: James Grady

    In 1971, a young Capitol Hill staffer walked by an old townhouse and wondered if it could be a CIA front. The idea would become Six Days of the Condor.

    September 9, 2021  By Rick Pullen
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    Transformation and Transcendence in
    1980s Body Horror

    On David Cronenberg, Clive Barker, and the embrace of the grotesque as a representation of lived experience.

    September 9, 2021  By Darryl Jones
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    No One Has Ever Lived In The Past. So How Can Writers Accurately Represent History?

    On The Challenges of Writing Historical Crime Fiction

    September 9, 2021  By James R. Benn
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    The Mad Women's Ball

    Victoria Mas, translated by Frank Wynne

    "Her hand emerges from beneath the covers to caress her granddaughter’s dark hair, but Eugénie is no longer looking at her: her attention is focused elsewhere."

    September 8, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    Nick Rennison on the early days of American detective fiction and the sleuths who competed with Sherlock Holmes for mystery readers.

    September 8, 2021  By Nick Rennison
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    The 19th Century Women Who Wrote "Weird" Stories and Refused to Pigeonholed by Genre

    A new anthology collects horror and supernatural stories from some of the era's best storytellers.

    September 8, 2021  By Lisa Morton and Leslie Klinger
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    The Strange Story of a Dog, a Diamond Discovery, and the Fierce Rivalries of the Canadian Arctic

    Thor was a husky lost in the Canadian Arctic. Or was he a spy from a rival diamond expedition?

    September 8, 2021  By Matthew Hart
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    On the Enduring Appeal of the Marriage Thriller

    Alice Feeney looks at 10 novels about unraveling relationships.

    September 8, 2021  By Alice Feeney
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    Rizzio

    Denise Mina

    "Lord Ruthven wanted him killed during this tennis match but Darnley said no."

    September 7, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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