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When the Narrator Doesn't Get It: 10 Shades of Deception

When the Narrator Doesn't Get It: 10 Shades of Deception

How authors use unreliable narrators and warped realities to tell mysteries that readers still have a chance to solve.

By Hallie Ephron | August 6, 2019

Parenthood Noir and The Rise of the Psychological Thriller

Parenthood Noir and The Rise of the Psychological Thriller

How crime novels have turned away from private eyes and focused on the bonds of parent and child.

By Haylen Beck | August 6, 2019

The Turn of the Key

The Turn of the Key

Ruth Ware

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 6, 2019

Inverting—and Avoiding—the ‘Dead Girl’ Trope

Inverting—and Avoiding—the ‘Dead Girl’ Trope

Writers Carolyn Murnick and Alex Segura discuss the dangers and pitfalls of the crime genre’s most problematic trend.

By Alex Segura | August 5, 2019

6 Crime Books That Explore The Experience of Veterans

6 Crime Books That Explore The Experience of Veterans

Because crime novels can help us understand.

By Siobhan Adcock | August 5, 2019

Smokescreen

Smokescreen

Iris Johansen

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 5, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Your Guide to the Essential Crime TV of August 2019

By Camille LeBlanc | August 2, 2019

Towards a New Canon of Technothrillers

By Tom Chatfield | August 2, 2019

On Loving Unreliable Narrators and Their Relatable Justifications

By Joshilyn Jackson | August 2, 2019

Thrillers, Horror, and Gothic Fiction Are All About

Thrillers, Horror, and Gothic Fiction Are All About "Games"—Twisted Games

Fiction's most terrifying incarnations of "play"

By Shannon Kirk | August 2, 2019

The Girl in the Letter

The Girl in the Letter

Emily Gunnis

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 2, 2019

12 New Books You Should Read This August

12 New Books You Should Read This August

The Month's Best Crime Fiction, Mysteries, and Thrillers

By CrimeReads | August 1, 2019

Shari Lapena and the Art of Disrupted Domesticity

Shari Lapena and the Art of Disrupted Domesticity

There are plenty of safe homes, good neighbors, and happy families in the world. Just not in the books of Shari Lapena.

By Molly Odintz | August 1, 2019

6 Rules for Writing Realistic, Meaningful Gunfights

6 Rules for Writing Realistic, Meaningful Gunfights

"Gunfights are chaos events...Nothing is clear, no one is heroic, self-urination is quite common."

By Stephen Hunter | August 1, 2019

Shamed

Shamed

Linda Castillo

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 1, 2019

The Secrets of the <br>Forensic Artist

The Secrets of the
Forensic Artist

Facial reconstructions, crime scene sketches, and lots of erasers—all in a day's work for forensic artists.

By Carrie Stuart Parks | July 31, 2019

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