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8 Crime Novels You Won’t Find In The Crime Section

8 Crime Novels You Won’t Find In The Crime Section

Busting labels: when "literary" authors embark on "crime" novels

By John Galligan | July 11, 2019

Plastic

Plastic

Frank Strausser

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 11, 2019

Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

The last Hannibal Lecter book was a publishing phenomenon like no other—it left a long, strange legacy.

By Patrick J. Sauer | July 10, 2019

Denise Mina Is Living the Zeitgeist

Denise Mina Is Living the Zeitgeist

A modern crime queen weighs in on podcast investigators, celebrity culture, and one more road-trip novel before Brexit.

By Molly Odintz | July 10, 2019

7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

Pop culture is full of interesting women challenging stereotypes and ridiculous old questions about likeable characters.

By Kristen Lepionka | July 10, 2019

Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

Five ways my background as a stuntwoman and armorer helped me become a crime writer (and one way it didn't).

By S. L. Huang | July 10, 2019

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Knife

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 10, 2019

7 Psychological Thrillers to Read This July

By Lisa Levy | July 9, 2019

Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

By Mark Rubinstein | July 9, 2019

Silence, Suffering, and Abuse in Affluent Communities

Silence, Suffering, and Abuse in Affluent Communities

Domestic violence is underreported among the wealthy. But that doesn't mean abuse isn't still happening behind closed doors.

By Cate Holahan | July 9, 2019

The Reunion

The Reunion

Guillaume Musso

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 9, 2019

It's Time for Urban Fiction to Get Some Literary Respect

It's Time for Urban Fiction to Get Some Literary Respect

Other genres have gone mainstream. Why does the publishing world offer up the same old excuses about urban fiction?

By Aya de Leon | July 8, 2019

The Wicked Women of 19th Century Fiction

The Wicked Women of 19th Century Fiction

On the archetypes of female villainy, from “Women on-the-Make” to “Spiteful Shrews and Harridans.”

By Laura L. Sullivan | July 8, 2019

The Greatest Moral Compromises in Crime Fiction

The Greatest Moral Compromises in Crime Fiction

Celebrating the literature of slippery relationships, villainous allies, and morally dubious life decisions.

By Carl Vonderau | July 8, 2019

The Dead Girl in 2A

The Dead Girl in 2A

Carter Wilson

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 8, 2019

The Most Terrifying Buildings in Literature

The Most Terrifying Buildings in Literature

Forget haunted houses—apartments and hotels can be creepy, too.

By Riley Sager | July 3, 2019

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